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FEB. 1960 



FASTEST BOAT IN THE WORLD 






35 CENTS 



POPULAR 

MECHANICS 

WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT 



EXPLORING THE OCEAN DEEPS 

What to Bo Until the Firemen Come 
OUR MISSILE -FIRING SUBMARINES 





how to be a hero ... 



on a. budget! 

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buy of the year. Power enough to take the 
family along for fishing, picnicking, 
camping ... and plenty of power to ski 
your own kids and your neighbor’s, too. 
Nothing can match it near its price! 
Frankly, Big Twin is as fine a perform- 
er in every respect as Evinrude’s luxury 
Lark II, except for electric starting and 



automatic choke. And Big Twin starts 
easier ■ by hand than other motors of 
lesser hp. It has the same magnificent 
Lark 1 1 engine under the hood . . . with 
advanced thermostatic temperature con- 
trol. It's the most efficient, smoothest- 
running, longest-lasting engine money 
can buy. It'll give you the same silk- 
smooth trolling, crisp response, and com- 
manding power as the Lark II. 

Feature For feature. ..dollar for dollar 
. . . nothing can match Big Twin’s genuine 
value! Be a hero to your family . . . 
see how little it costs to own, at your 
Evinrude dealer today! 




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CORVAIR’S 

ANEW 

SMOOTHIE 

Behind Corvair's array of 
engineering innovations 
(literally behind ) lies its 
engine: America's first and 
only rear-mounted air- 
cooled aluminum “ pan- 
cake " six. The spec sheet 
reads like this: 140 cubic 



like "pancake.” Trans- 
lated, it means that this is 
a horizontally opposed six, 
instead of the conventional 
in-line type. If you cut the 
engine crosswise, it would 
look like the picture. 

There are three pairs of 
cylinders, of course, each 
working in unison. When 
one piston is at the top of 
its stroke, so is its mate. 
So? Well, Barney Navarro, 
who's engineering editor of 
Motor Life magazine and 
should know about these 




inches of displacement, 
bore 3.375 inches, stroke 
2.60 inches, maximum 
horsepower 80 @ 4400 
r.p.m., maximum torque 
125 ft.-lb. @ 2400 r.p.m. 
(Hitch these figures to a car 
weighing only 2,375 pounds 
at the curb and you've got 
yourself a peppery pack- 
age, if we do say so.) 

Anyway, of the four 
adjectives, we particularly 



things, writes “opposed 
engines (of Corvair's 
design) are inherently bal- 
anced." In other words, 
each pair of pistons, rods 
and crank throws balance 
each other, and there's no 
need for counterweights. 
Because this type of en- 
gine is inherently balanced, 
it’s inherently smoother 
than an in-line six. And 
after all, ultra-smoothness 



is just what you're after. 

As you might suspect, 
there’s precious little of 
the commonplace in a Cor- 
vair engine. Yet there's 
nothing so radical that it 
hasn’t been proved time 
and again for reliability. 
About the only question 
left now is whether we can 
build enough of these cuties 
to fill the demand. One 
thing you ought to do for 
sure is to try one out. 
After that, you’ll probably 
be badgering us to build 
you one. This is a problem 
we're happy to have. . . . 
Chevrolet Division of Gen- 
eral Motors, Detroit 2, 
Michigan. 

That rear engine is just one 
of the engineering marvels 
in tkis new Corvair . Others 
include the silken smooth- 
ness of independent sus- 
pension at all If, wheels . . . a 
practically fiat floor, front 
and rear . . . briskly com- 
petent handling , . . and the 
ingenious unit combining 
the engine, transmission 
and rear axles. Be prepared 
to spend some time with 
these wonders when you 
check out the revolutionary 
Corvair at your dealer’s. 



corvair 

BY CHEVROLET 



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Aftiltdtff Managing Editor 
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fltfdiG-JVjfiMjion, ElectromiVM Editor 
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Volume 113 FEBRUARY I960 Number 2 



lev Thid Zddue... 

What to Do Until the Firemen Come - 
Palmetto Polo *••••» 
They're Rolling Steel From Powder 
Exploring the Ocean's Greatest Deeps - 
Fastest Boat in the World? * * • 

This Makes the Torpedo Child's Play - 
The Weird and Wonderful World of 
Rowland Emett - 
Museums Are for Doing Things 
Electronics Keeps the Gamblers Honest 

TvrtfoCrtUtdnuut/.,, 

Radio, TV and Electronics * 

Casting Plaster Gifts - - 

The PM Houseboat— Part III - 
For Trumpet Players— Past and Present - 
Home Plumbing Repairs * * 

Liquid Rubber— Jack of Alt Trades - 
Surfacing Rough Lumber - 
The Corvair Car Heater - 



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Pentagon Si del ig Mi < • - IS tehif Hye he>tim» - - 190 

Pioneer el Science ■ ■ • 20 Car Trouble Shooling * 116 

An Eye on Space - ■ - - 103 llwpptni hr Teeh - - * 210 

ttalrett LbMng tat - ■ - 110 Clink tar Hwitmiluil - - 236 

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AC Fire-Ring Spark Plugs are your best buy in spark 
plugs for many reasons — but a big one is AC’s exclu- 
sive Conductaseal that bonds the terminal screw and 
center electrode to the aluminum oxide insulator. This 
seal protects against leakage far better than ordinary 
seals. Leakage alters the spark plug heat range, which 
can damage the spark plug and, in turn, the engine. 

Conductaseal is a product of AC research. It is made 
of finely ground copper and glass, inserted into the 
center of the insulator and formed under terrific heat 
and pressure into an unyielding bond. It is tested 
under 1400 p.s.i. to give you trouble-free spark 
plug operation and long life. 

The pictures on this page give graphic proof of 
Conductaseal superiority. Remember them the 
next time you buy spark plugs. For highest 
quality and greatest reliability, ask for AC 
Fire- Ring Spark Plugs. 

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issue. Wayne Whittaker, managing editor 
of Popular Mechanics for the last year and 
a member of the editorial staff since 1942, 
died recently after a long illness. 

His name is well known to our readers 
as the author of many articles. When PM 
inaugurated its annual Home Section in 
the October issue of 1953 Mr. Whittaker 
was placed in charge of this popular fea- 
ture and his writings and his ideas have 
sparked this every year since. He traveled 
widely each year in search of the best-de- 
signed homes in America and the archi- 
tects who designed them, and thus became 
one of the nation’s experts in knowledge 
of what Americans want in homes and 
home improvements. Prior to his editing 
the Home Section he had supervised Popu- 
lar Mechanics’ wide coverage of the auto- 
motive field. 

Popular as a writer and as a man, his 
legion of friends throughout the country 
will mourn with us his passing. 

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LOOKING FOR a pen pal overseas? 

Often we are asked to publish letter’s 
from readers who would like to correspond 
with someone abroad. This we cannot do. 

Instead we refer you, if you are so inter- 
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To the Editor: 

Enclosed is a photograph of the Karlson 
sound chamber that you submitted plans 
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Mechanics. 

When I started construction, we needed 
some record storage also, so this was built 
onto the right side of the chamber with 
the whole unit having a design that was 
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To the Editor: 




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(Coni limited from page 10) 

To the Editor; 

Bob Arrol, pharmacist at the central Illi- 
nois town of Areola, started this coffee bar 
in his drugstore back in 1949 with six cups. 
Today he has 162 cups in the stalls, and has 




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Grover Brinkman, 
Okawville, 111. 



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To the Editor; 




For more than 20 years I have been a 
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Major Alvaro Roldan S., 

Chief of Public Relations and Sales, 
Hotel Tequendama, 

Bogota, Colombia 

it it it 

To tfie Editor: 

With typical teen-age skepticism, Roger 
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ed to prove to himself that the sun’s rays 
could be captured to cook a meal, heat a 
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Popular Mechanics. After polishing up the 





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FEBRUARY 1960 



19 




Would You Like to Make 



'1,000- a Month? 





That's what Stanley Hyman 
has made selling the 
amazing new PRESTO 
Fire Extinguisher 

All over i he TniEetf Stales, metre and more 
men mn\ wmii-eri reocul Unre profit* frnru 
luLrotliiclkis Hot mvt l^res-lip Fire Ex- 
tinuulsli^r, And rtd wonder! ] I _fli 0 fl people 
tiled In nres last year! (Mir half were 
:nd children r Civilian ilrfiim' au- 
said dn I in the event or 
cfuEat lire lit iny farces 
laruc fires and I hue the 

■i-julljnetL la take i-ric inAanfc ly «f thf Hi Ik flr^ (tut 
herroiLe a hlg one. Mo rh e offer pi.ililk 1\H s lutth 
n.iltlhj; lm hi hund\ rsi'w IeLikI of fire oxtln- 
}i nl Slier— mu? iritkrtwi 'ft* rfrstrfrfrrl-j of lartft. 
Imlkqr, riiwnslTe eluhIcIh. Now It 's tic re 

Over 3 Million Prestos Already Sold! 

iTcfilo B&lenuELn It, I. Kfrr reported mukm^ 
■=-fi t day. William V. Wydallih — % l&.lfl an 
hour, Peter Zuwirn, a i>cis inner — >0109 ill 
uitfl wcL-h. And this report from Stanley 
If y me it: "I hire been i-plllntf the Pro Kin 
Fire Kxl Insulting f«r well over r year 

acini hare fni.iml it to In- lily fihti'St moi]t> - 
maker and rpaJidHHit mwIUhje Itrno otot 
produced. If a m«n denponsiraiga It In- 
(eUlscnlly, sales fellow amnniitltaliy 
,J I llifr Miaclr an MoelknE Hying with 
1 1so PreMo Pire Exlinjrn^her, htrlnp 
made orer # 1 _nn H month. Presto is 
& rm(iir*J. p Bi 

How You Can Make 

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Great Pioneers in Science 

Do You Know Them ? 

By James 5. T/ir'sffe 



THIS MONTH’S PERSONALITY may be 
called a pioneer in the science of 
economics. His experiments with “pea- 
nuts’* brought the South an income of 
$60,000,000 in a single year. His scientific 
research produced flour, shoe-blacking and 
candy. He produced synthetic marble 
from wood shavings, dyes from clay, gum 
and starch from cotton stalks. 

What is equally remarkable about this 
man is that he and his slave mother were 
bought for a $300 race horse. 

While head of the agricultural depart- 
ment at Tuskegee Institute, he revolution- 
ized farming in the South by showing the 
people how to diversify their crops: 
plant peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soy- 
beans besides cotton. He was awarded the 
Roosevelt Medal and doctor’s degrees from 
two universities and was in a position io 
become wealthy but, while still alive, 
gave his life’s savings to further his re- 
search toward the economic freedom of his 
fellow men. 

These letters , unscrambled, 
spell the name of ibis 
month’s Great Pioneer 
in Science: 



REVERERAGGCO 

[First tin d leal Monies.) 



Write the correct name here: 



Now turn to page 247 for the answer. 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 







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'’My 10lh year 
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Lftjia p.ri>w(,np, 
L ll*Ve manlr m 
I mui'K Ai J t-R!"h 
F i n day M 

K. Eiiidnh-v, 
Hampton, 



California 

| "Made a* much 
1 ns- | V 17 on juit 

I one job, Vuu 

| Hian't ihii^h with 
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MINS I ■; SOT A "A vfijping 
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being your own fm-ns’’ , . , i 
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SOUTH DAKOTA 

l+ Kerned 11571 in a 
nirtglr month, 
lltim^wnrr^ litre 
hav* ^fr*l need 
for our lenfleci” . * 
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Hi [i id Ci I y 

ARKANSAS 
"Every |h*f'ini ilunL-i 
of owning a 
buiinns, I knov nf 
tiu oilier which net 

OffflF Li IILilf! 

fto much" , . , 

E. Bailry, 1 1 > > e Spring. 



ILLINOIS 

"Have averaged 

over 350,000 \ 

my first 3 years, 
liters’ Itelj.i make ii possibly* 1 
xM, Lyun?., Chicago. 



You.too.can make 

BIG MONEY 



SI YORK , 

^National adver liainp _ 

IS lOpsi. Unr ir',|n| AL 1 S 

ft □ m Wqlrs" i^i ■ r mi 1 3 i^h* 

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IN THIS 



looming Industry 



IN YOUK TOWN, there's a real 
opportunity right now for you to 
meet the growing demand for clean- 
ing of costly carpets ami upholstery 
. , services for w Inch homeowners 
are ready to pay good money. Me- 
chanical methods have proved to 



hr harmful to fabrics, so l he field is 
wide open with our exclusive, safe, 
scientific absorption method of 



enjoying 

the financial security of their own 
business. Many have star ted part- 
time and so cart you! 

Tills business is easy to Lcam, and 
r established. There’s no shop 



needed . , you operate from home 
and provide all services in your 



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Well train you, show r you the 
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building your own business, and 
then hack you with 25 continuous 
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By starting now, you wilt be getting 
in on the GROUND FLOOR of a 
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WE HELP YOU GROW 

Under our unique cooperative pro* 
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6 WAYS JO MAK£ M0HCY 

You pet roduuve us-c of unique ib> 
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dilmcd by tinusEvi ves-, mFr* ami hacked 
by £ 1 c<'b 1 U amt ParenU* Seal*. Five 
othrr prnfiuhlf HSrviceft ire noil tf- 
rhot h proof in ffaiuc 
|PriKifmjE. pi potting ami tarjuel rr- 
poirinj: . Thu*. m ffiOat jobs you muh 
ti |i-l y f>Tfifil». 1 * Hradquartrrj my gtns* 
$0.00 prr hour. / gtTAL.i up ro $12.00. 
Sftmy dtahfs f Uoff *h* ft rn inrtt*r r ' r 
Ljaya Han Cbilcotl of >. Plat If. !Wh, 

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meetings where Hqlrs* staff come 
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by nafl advertising in consumer 
(McCalls, Parents’, House & 
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Others of 25 services which help 
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vidual counseling (staff of specialists 
give you prompt, expert counsel), 
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EASY TERMS Moderate payment 
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balance from sales. W r e furnish ma- 
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FEBRUARY 1960 



21 




LEARN AT HOME IN SPARE TIME 
tor «f college In Chicago) 

Check the want ads In any newspaper— SEE the big-pay 
opportunities open to you as a draftsman. What's more, 
you can learn this well-paid, prestige profession at 
home — quietly, easily! No special talent needed. Get 
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In a short time you'll he a well -trained draftsman, 
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MAKE GARDENCRETE 



i 

A Spare -Time Activity Can 
lead to a Full-Time Business 

On one compact, low price, 
easy-to-operate machine you 
can make 24 different kinds 
or sizes of Gardencrete for 

patios, walks „ planters, barbecue*, 
terraces, etc. Easily fret up in shed 
or garage, With smj|ll investment* 
you [7 -in turn id It? hours into profit 
and build into a full-time opera- 
tion- Gardcncrrete enables you tq 
rash in on large, growing demand 
for garden masonry in color. 



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5100 worth of PtiakfiaU 
can he turned into 55.00 
to SS.OO worth of Garden- rm Slants 

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Harley- Davidson 1960 Line 
Features Lightweight Cycle 

Harley -Davidson’s 1960 line includes a 
new lightweight motorcycle, the Super- 10, 
powered by a 10-cubic-inch engine, and an 
automatic transmission on its Topper mo- 
tor scooter. The two-cycle engine on the 
Super-10, rated in excess of six horse- 
power, has a new intake and exhaust port 
designed for quick acceleration. The cycle 
is equipped with a waterproof ignition 
system and an alternating-current genera- 
tor. The Super-10 features a three-speed 
transmission with constant-mesh gears. 
Each wheel has five- inch internal expand- 
ing brakes. The automatic transmission 
on the Topper scooter requires no shift- 
ing or clutching. Driving the rear wheel 
in the standard motorcycle manner is a 
roller chain that runs over a sprocket 
on the secondary sheave of the transmis- 
sion and the sprocket at the rear wheel. 
The overall drive ratio varies from 18: 1 
in low to 6:1. The Topper also is powered 
by the 10-cutaic-inch, two-cycle engine and 
delivers up to 100 miles per gallon. In the 
dual suspension system, the front wheel 
is suspended on a lea ding- link swinging 
arm. Rear suspension is by a pivoted rear 
fork, controlled by two adjustable exten- 
sion springs. Among other features of the 
Topper is a parking brake lock located on 
the hand lever. Other vehicles in the line 
are Duo-Glides, Sportsters and Servi-Cars. 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 



22 







DON’T BE HALF-TRAINED! 

Be A Master Technician 




Incomplete training limits your 

earning power, even disqualifies 
you for lop-pay jobs. The big serv- 
ice companies require complete, 
ail-phase training. II you open 
your own a hop, you'll be called 
upon to service and repair all 
types of refrigerators, air condition' 
ers and appliances. With comp/e le 
training — as only National Techni- 
cal Schools can give you — you can 
accept every job, make big profils 
ail year round. 







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FUTURE BRISK! FOR TRAINED 
MASTER TECHNICIANS 

Over 30.000 new technicians must he 
trained annually. You are needed to 
help service and repair the SO million 
air conditioners. idriftmtort and elec- 
trical appliances that will need fixing 
this year alone. No wonder the Master 
Technician has Steady w 0 rjc r at high 
pay, year alleT year. He can go places 
in his own business or with a manufac- 
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his earning power is unlimited. 

THE MOST FOR LESS 

We give you illustrated Shop -Tested 
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If you with to lahe train- 
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,oo learn Cheth boa m eogoan 
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JOB TRAINING AT HOME 

You get Professional Tools. Precision 
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Use them to conduct over LOG experi- 
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no EXTRA MONEY DEPOSITS, . .no 
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EARN AS YOU LEARN 

We show you how. Many of our 
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FEBRUARY 1960 



23 




%Ac\N- BRIAR PIPE 

DISCOVERY 
WILL YOU TEST SMOKE 
THIS DEMONSTRATOR 

AT OUR RISK? 

Bfeaking m a new pipe if usually torture, 
but ihi* J "mn git -coke discovery will cK^rge 
all that,. A nut sweet coke, specially built 
inlo the genuine imported brio* bow), makes 
this mellow beauty break in like a dream. 
You II get dry, dean, iludge-ffee smoking, 
because the special camfruetion of this won- 
derful pipe uliliates the 3 C's of $ciemific 
Smoke Control — CombuiHon, Condensation 
and Capillary Attraction. 

We've lel aside 0 limited quontily of these 
imparled briar beoutiev ai Demons 1 ^ for s. 
The bowli ore “‘slighl seconds Taken out qf 
fhe regular production line before final 
smaotbing and pblishEfig r but they re guaran- 
teed to smoke exactly like our regular cop 
quality $2 05 madtl. 

Secause we want to make new friends 
for this sen so to no J new kind aF briar 
pipe. w#V* wfiftto off the cost of these 
Deitionstrafcrs. Send us nothing for the pipe, 
PJease send 2^ la cover postage end 
hood ling. 

All we ask in return 
if your good-will and 
word af mouth odver- 
tiling if you like the 
pipe, demember, ihe ri*k 
is our*, you con't lot*. 

Sorry, only 1 Demsnjira- 
tor to a family an thii 
non -prof it transaction. 

(Good in the U. S. A. 
wlr } PIPE 2 3 ACTUAL SHE 




WALLY FRANK Ltd. Dept. JUG 

132 Church Street, New York 7 , N. Y. 

I enclave 2 Sc. Send me the Demonstrator P’pe 
detcribed above. Please Print Marne and 
Address Be law. 



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A WEEK and up 



BE AN AUTO-DIESEL 
EXPERT- LEARN 
A TRADE YOU LIKE 

You team fast in our shops because you learn 
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WHY ana Show you HOW then you DO IT TOUfl- 
SELF. foMy years’ expenence training men, 
Successful graduates in 50 states and many 
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$125 a week and up Approved for veterans. 
Oay and evening classes Free bulletin -write today. 
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Air-Control System 
Could Track All Planes 

Every airplane flying above the United 
States could be tracked — and thus warned 
of an impending mid-air collision or crash 
—by a new system devised by engineers of 
Lockheed Aircraft Coiiwratign. It calls 
for installations in aircraft and on the 
ground. Each airplane would carry a small 
five- pound radio transmitter that would 
automatically and continuously send out, 
in all directions, coded pulses of altitude, 
identity and location information. On the 
ground, four receivers located in sectors 
which would be roughly 70 by 100-mile 
rectangles would pick up the signals and 
transmit them by microwave relay to a 
control center for that sector. The data — 
pail of which is developed as the result of 
the receivers being located at widely sep- 
arated points in the sectors — would be in- 
terpreted and then automatically and 
electronically displayed (radar displays 
similar information on screens). 

Lockheed engineers say their system is 
comprehensive and fast. The controller can 
track more than 1000 aircraft in his sector, 
including those too small to be shown on 
radar screens today. Reports on position 
are obtained 10 times a second, and on alti- 
tude and identity 35 times a minute. A 
supersonic transport flying 3000 miles an 
hour, for example, would be positioned 
every 500 feet. Every aircraft equipped 
with a transmitter could be tracked at al- 
titudes from 1200 to 100,000 feet. The sys- 
tem could also be used for intensive 
coverage down to almost zero altitudes on 
approaches to an air terminal. Transmitters 
would cost about $200 each for private 
planes, S500 for commercial and military 
aircraft. The system’s developers say about 
250 sectors would be enough to cover all 
major U S. airways and that 700 would 
cover 48 states and provide high density 
coverage around major air terminals. 



Launching Platforms #o Moon 
May Be Built by Robots 

Launching platforms for moon and planet 
expeditions may be built by robot men with 
television eyes and remote-controlled 
hands. Dr. Fred L. Whipple, of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, says that such a robot 
would copy the motions of an operator. Its 
fingers would have feedback pressure so 
that the operator could feel objects being 
touched. Men in space suits will find it too 
dangerous to build the space platforms, ac- 
cording to Whipple, 

POPULAR MECHANICS 



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ANOTHER WAY RCA 

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TH ROUSH 
ELECTS DM ICS 

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6 REASONS WHY 
RCA TRAINING 

IN ELECTRONICS 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 





Uranium 

“Let Him Down” 
to Success! 



I EKE many another young Amer- 
ican, Edward Walls was doing 
> all right, in a moderate way, 
when the uranium bug bit him a 
couple of years ago. 

And thereby hangs a mighty in- 
teresting tale. 

Ed was a barber and hairdresser 
by trade. He operated a smalt shop in 
a Colorado city — and in his shop he 
heard glowing reports of overnight 
fortunes being made in uranium, the 
wonder- metal of the Atomic Age. 

“If others can get rich fast in the 
uranium game, so can h” he thought. 

The more he pondered, the more allur- 
mg the Big Idea — uranium — seemed. 

So he sold his little shop* packed up his 
belongings and, with his young family in tow t 
struck out for Utah— the new Golconda! Or, so 
he imagined it to be. 

A few months later, his disillusionment was 
complete. He hadn't made his quick million. He 
hadn't even made an impressive start. Despite his 
hard work at a precarious job with a firm en- 
gaged in uranium reduction, the cold fact was 
that lie was br ike— and likely to stay broke* 

Refused to Stay Beaten 

But Ed Walls isn't the type of man who ^chick- 
ens out*' of lifers problems. Discouragement had 
him down, but he was far from out! 

His thoughts kept turning to an old friend 
of his, back in Cjlarada* who had bought a Rug 
Deterge r machine some 
time before frsm the Von 
Schrader Manufacturing 
Company. 210 “R T ‘ PL*, 

Racine. Wisconsin* long- 
established maker of 
high-quality rug- clean- 
ing machines and equip- 
ment. This friend had 
grown tired of working 
for somebody else, and 
had set himself up — with 
no previous experience 
and with only a small 
financial stake — as an in- 
dependent businessman. 

“And,” mused Ed + “he 
is doing all right for him- 
self* He is no smarter 
than I am. Why can't I 
do the same thing? All 
over town there are 
homes with rugs just 
itching to be cleaned!” 



Edward Walls 



So enthused did he become over this idea that 
he telephoned the company to arrange for the 
purchase of a machine and supplies, and to dis- 
cuss ways and means of making the most of his 
opportuni ties for money -making in the rug- 
cleaning business. 

Small Lpan Aids Fresh Start 

Once his mind was made up Walls* next job 
was to borrow tbe small amount of money he 
needed to get started. +4 I found out that it's tough 
to borrow' even a little dough when you're broke,” 
he said. But somehow, he did get the money 
and, with it the machine, 

“Relieve it or not" Ed says, enthu- 
siastically, ^two weeks after I got my 
equipment and started using it I was 
able to pay back the money I had 
borrowed— interest and all! And I 
was really amazed how easy it was 
to get work lo do. One satisfied cus- 
tomer would tell a friend, and that 
friend would tell another friend. 
You'd think every rug in town 
needed cleaning—and that wouldn't 
be far wrong.” 

Ed has grossed as much as $548 in 
a single week since he started his 
own business. Some months he takes 
in up to $1400* Needless to say, the 
Walls family isn’t going hungry these 
days. 

Pious Larger Success 

At latest report, Ed Walls is setting up a train- 
ing program for young men in his town. He plans 
to add new machines to his equipment as fast as 
he can train these young men to operate them 
and represent him throughout the area. 

“A year or two from now'," he says, “I hope to 
have a red success story to tell. Things are bet- 
ter for me than they have ever been. My dreams 
of making a fast million in uranium never mate^ 
rialized— and actually I'm glad, for they forced 
me back to earth, where I can deal with real 
people and give them a real service that I'm 
proud of. And I’m happier that way t in addition 
to making a very, very good Living out of my 
very own business. 



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Exhaust Heat of Racket 
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Pilots of helicopters now may learn how 
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Really Fast Communications! 

Thirty million words a second can be 
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the electronic computers in use today. At 
this rate, all the news material in 200 daily 
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Times could be transmitted in leas than one 
second, says Peter J. Isaacs, director of 
digital computer research for the Sperry 
Gyroscope Company, where the devices 
are in laboratory operation. 

One device is a microwave diode switch 
capable of switching 700 million bits of in- 
formation a second. It uses hollow pipes 
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Another device is a microwave amplifier 
tube which can perform logic operations at 
the rate of one billion times a second- It 
employs a radio wave traveling down an 
electron beam to cause one microwave sig- 
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Isaacs predicts the earliest use of these 
devices will be in systems simpler than 
computers. “An immediate possibility,” he 
says, “is development of a communications 
system in which a message, say of 30 words, 
such as a telegram, could be transmitted in 
a millionth of a second. This kind of system 
could transmit the message on a single 
radar impulse.” He says they also could be 
used to reduce large amounts of data to 
more easily handled amounts in nuclear 
physics experiments where billions of 
events occur in a small space of time. The 
system would count and correlate these 
events. 



Raw Rubber Mitt 
Extrudes End Products 

Hoses, tire treads and other rubber prod- 
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short extruder screw and a “die” can be 
added at the. output end. These permit 
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ingredients that go into modern elastic 
compositions can be done automatically. 
The rotor mixes them and the screw forci- 
bly extrudes the product through the die, 
which shapes the desired end product. 



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S ft. hardwood folding tripod Ji equipped with hfary c*U IrfUi 
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G/oss Motors Power Rockets 

Vanguard Ill’s third stage was made of 
glass fibers bound with a plastic substance. 
The 50-pound glass rocket motor burned 10 
seconds longer than previous third stages 
and w'ent into orbit with the 50-pound pay- 
load, according to the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA), A 
simi glass rocket motor will form the third 
stage of the NASA’s Thor-Delta rocket. 



Phone line Thwarfs “Bugging” 

Foil ‘‘petticoats" around a telephone line 
will stop eavesdropping by persons using 
either induction-type or direct line -tap 
equipment. The foil sheaths are connected 
to a highly sensitive relay which is acti- 
vated when the electric current changes in 
the cable as little as two one -millionths of 
an ampere. The cable sounds an alarm to 
tip off the users that someone is tampering 
with the wire, and a noise generator “talks" 
into the cable, making such an unfilterable 
howl that it is impossible to listen in with 
induction equipment. 

Wolf of Trees fo Hush Jets 

People living near Dulles International 
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should not be bothered by the roar of jet 
engines. A barrier of trees was left standing 
around the airport w T hen the site was ex- 
cavated in 1958. This spring the Federal 
Aviation Agency will have 175,000 seed- 
lings planted and hopes eventually to have 
a muffling Ting of trees 1000 feet deep sur- 
rounding the 9800- acre airport. 



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U 34 S. GRAND ST_ IOUIS 4 , MO. 

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Cushman’s 1960 Scooters Feature Better, Longer-Lived Brakes 



With minor styling changes^ the 1960 
Cushman Scooters have switched to a 
brake system in which the lining is on the 
shoes, as in a car, instead of on the drum. 



Five scooters are produced, ranging from 
the deluxe Super Eagle down to the econ- 
omy Highlander. All have four-cycle en- 
gines. Horsepowers are 4.8 and 7.95. 



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One-Man Loader 
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Mounted behind the cab of a truck, a 
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allow its operator to drive the truck in re- 
verse, Hand valves operate the boom load- 
er, which is powered by a gasoline engine 
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controls reverse steering. There also is a 
throttle, clutch, brake and gearshift on the 
loader platform. The unit is designed for 
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SAFETY PLUG LOCK 

Locks plugs safely in wall outlets. 

Prevents shop eqpt, freezes appli- 
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factory* shop, everywhere. Helps 
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a part of the biggest booming indus- 
try In the U. S. A. and earn up to 
$10,000 a year and more! 

WJV is the time for you to team to be an Operating 
Engineer for big diesd-en^red bulldozers, drag- 
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Get in on the ground floor of this great industry. 
Cash in an the training you'll get at National: Tor 
years to come. The construction field is going up, up 
up . . . heavy equipment operators today are making 
as much as $10,000 a year and more, and the really 
big boom years are still to cornel 
you can make a career out of it . . , and the best part 
or all la that you need no experience to start. 
National School trains you right from the beginning 
m the operation and maintenance of all types of 
earth -moving equipment. 






LEARN on t he largest and finest 
machines . , + machines of major 
manufacturers are used to 
train you. 

LEARN from experienced teach- 
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years of practical on-the-job 
experience are your instructors. 
Contractors are on our advisory 
staff. 

LEARN by doinff . , , the outdoor* 
is your classroom and actual 
operating machines are your 
tools. National ia NOT a cor- 
res pondence school , but lT fully 
equipped educational institu- 
tion located in the beautiful 
Piedmont area of North Caro- 
lina where you will live while 
you learn! 



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Disposing of radioactive wastes may be- 
come a great obstacle to the whole nuclear 
power program of the United States, warns 
Francis R. Sruce of the Oak Ridge Na- 
tional Laboratory. Bruce estimates that by 
1970 the U. S. nuclear power industry will 
have produced 7,300,000 gallons of radio- 
active solution containing about three bil- 
lion curies of radioactivity. By the year 
2000, these figures will have risen to 300 
million gallons of liquid with 00 billion 
curies of radioactivity. Mr. Bruce also cal- 
culates that in the year 2000, only 12 per- 
cent of all fission products obtained in 
atomic power stations will have found a 
practical or scientific application, while 83 
percent will have gone into the waste dis- 
posal system. 



Earth's Inferior Is Cooler 
Than Formerly Believed 

Temperatures inside the earth are prob- 
ably somewhat lower than they were be- 
lieved to be a few years ago, according to a 
University of California geologist. Dr. John 
Verhoogen reports that present observa- 
tions indicate the bottom of the earth's crust 
to be about 900 degrees F., and the outer 
boundary of the core to be approximately 
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BE FREF FROM TRUSS SLAVERY 

Surely you want to THROW AWAY TRUSSES FOR- 
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rt Ames, fabric grul time rlaLt, Included FREE 
with N. Y. STaE«-iuE>rnreii CTS ruyric. YOU 
learn El Ifrd ] in f n ~ - 1 un a I custom -nlta Fsicry. 

reuphnutery, furniture fin^brng, rtpiirs. jtiH 
to tiilk tieeullful 4jp m«i. tu»|ktom in-U 
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icon mitre gouge and 
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Missiles of Mercy 
To Range the World 

Guided missiles may be used to carry 
such items as thousands of pounds of medi- 
cal supplies on mercy flights to any spot 
in the world within the next 10 years, says 
Robert P. Ha vi land, satellite engineer for 
the General Electric Company, He says im- 
proved guidance systems will enable a re- 
entry vehicle to “ride-in" on radio beams 
sent out by commercial or airport radio 
transmitters and land at a predetermined 
point. Problems connected with guiding 
military missile weapons will not apply to 
mercy missiles, for the people at the receiv- 
ing end will be making every effort to pro- 
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vehicle in, Haviland says supply rockets 
will be used primarily in emergencies, 
where economy and efficiency are rela- 
tively unimportant. 



Slide Varnish Frustrates Pigeons 

Pigeons, whose “carelessness” is the bane 
of maintenance men, can find no footing on 
surfaces that have been painted with a 
slick varnish devised by a London scientist. 
The varnish is colorless and can be applied 
with a spray gun to buildings or statues 
that need protection. When a pigeon comes 
in for a landing, it skids right off the target. 




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RECONDITIONED Motorcycle motors. 
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BLUEPRINTS, Light pi ant#, gliders, inn- 
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ANTI -GRAVITY Engine. Completely 
designed. Diagrams, details, physics, plui 
M Man in Flight. - ' Send 52.00 today. 
KnowEedge. 2$0fl — &lh Street. Hock Island, 
Illinois. 



AVIATION Surplus bargdir. catalogue. 
One dime. Bax PM® Thom ass llle, Penns, 



FEBRUARY I960 65 



TERRIFIC Bargains QH Mat tern com- 
puter* and Teles head&eis. Catalog 104 . 
CoriaoiL Bom 553$, Oklahoma City 10. 

DUCTED Fan design. U*«5 In air aleds 
and Ilyina platforms. ‘specifications and 
six page* of drawings. 12. Qfl.Tyna -Turbine, 
Box 373, Chandler, Arizona. 

BUY Gov't surplus; Aircrafts: engines; 
helicopter*; boats; Jeeps; nalsc. Buy afreet 
now Irom gnv't. Send for "Depot Direc- 
tory -fc Procedure 11 $I-0Q. Gov't Surplus 
Sales, Box. 425-FM, NanueL New York. 

BARGAINS. Oav'l surplus planes, elec- 
tronic equip., trucks, boats, helicopters, 
etc. Send $1.00 lor listings locations. and 
procedure to buy. P.O. Box S^56, Mlnne- 
a pel is 16, Minn, 



H THE Bush Pilot,' 1 Alaska's Aviation 
Magazine features stories about bust) fly* 
me. Published monthly. $5.&o per year. 
Box 3L35, Anchorage 5, Alaska, 

CAPTIVE Helicopter, VTOL trainer 
use# U to 74 HP engines. Payloads so to 
500 pounds. Complete plans, design par- 
ameters, illustrated lust me lions, detail 
and flight photographs. 53.00. Flight 
Dynamics, BOX 5443, Raleigh, N. C 



ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES 



REPAIR Electric motor*. Interesting, 
profitable. Free details, Modern, Box 
8715. Kansas City 14. Mu. 



BOOK Of 2flQ electrical stunts Si. DO. 
K. Lit Li n k sun , STB Arast rad etc , Palo Alto. 
Calll. ^ 

FREE Bargain catalog. Fluorescent fht- 
[urp kits, circlines, partF. £jhcipUte. 660-M 
Frank I in, Nutley 10, New Jersey. 

APPLIANCE Fart# wholesale. Catalogue 
25(. S<CO. 2G South 201 h Street. Binning* 
ham 3. Alabama. 



LAMPS— Pam catalog contain in a wir- 
ing instructions, 25t. Gyro Lamps, 520BP 
N.W. 35Lh Ave.. Miami 42. Fla. 



LAMP. Electrical parts, wholesale* 
Thousands of Items for repairing, conven- 
ing. Catalog 25*. Brown Lamp. Box 305. 
Clayum s. Mo. 



WELblMfip SOLDERING, PLATING 



ACETYLENE Welding on i fits. New, art- 
tv elders, Eagle Wtldinp. Dept. PM, 5085 
Broadway, Chicago 40, IlL 



WELDERS, 110/310. *39.50. Worm. 

1070 Inner Drive. Schenectady 3. New 
York- 



PLATING Equipment, supplies. Com- 
plete line of anodes, solutions. Home wort- 
shop*, industrial eisea. Hollywood Bronze 
Supply, Pept. C. 1G24 East First, Los An- 
geles 33. California. 



FREE Catalog, welders, welder ksts. 
Build 350-ampere welder using aircraft 
generator, plans 25C. Agents wanted, Dun- 
bar Mu mu act u ring, Minneapolis a. Minn. 



BUILD Or buy elflceul inexpensive 350 
ampere welder, Guaranteed plans 25r. 
Free welder kit catalog LeJay Manufac- 
turing. Minneapolis., Minnesota. 



MACHINERY. TOOLS. SUPPLIES 



PORTABLE Cement mixer, One man 
operation. JEff.BS less motor. Free litera- 
ture. Quality, Box 112PM. White Bear 
Lake, Minn. 



A Thousand and one uses fisherman, 
hobbyist, hunters, mechanic*. photog- 
raphers. Air tight kit has one awl, 4 
Mrewdrlvers s|za .055-. 07(h QBO-.lM lew- 
Elers quality. Rustproofed steel- Kit 
JifSCS, $1.50 p.paid. We specialize in liny 
loolfi. inquire. Moling Enterprises. Bos 
641. New Bedford, Mass. 



'ULTRA-LOCK 1 ’ Non -falling 1 1 per- 
forated board tool hook*. 42 for $2.00 ppd. 
USA- OK Engineering, Box 421. Bar re, 
Vermont. 



ENGINES. MOTORS, DYNAMOS 



■5 horsepower Electric motors, i-c. 
110, used, good $5.00 each f.o b, Plant- 
Machinery Corp. . Richmond gnd Norrii 
St*.. Philadelphia 25, Pinna. 



66 POPULAR MECHANICS 



ELECTRIC Appliance repair and servic- 
ing $3.00. Diesel engines and diesel elec- 
tric power $4.00. Battery repair manual 
I3.Q4, Satisfaction guaranteed. Bayer Pub- 
lications, &JIF Betty Avenue, Neenoh. 
Wisconsin. 



DIESEL In lector parts and fuel pump# 
warned. GM51-53-71-1I&. Bares. 7120 Car- 
negie, Cleveland 3. Ohio. 



WINDING Data. 215 motors, single and 
three phase (1,10, Data Company. 513 
Kensington. Kansas CIlF 24, Mo 



REWIND Motor* yourself. Complete in- 
scrucfiom Si. PD- Lewis MJ|-, Howell, 
Michigan. 



BOATS- OUTBOARD MOTORS 



FIBERGLASS Frthin-Ski boat kits 
S 2 S 9 . 1 I 4 Finished wish accessories $ 455 - 40 . 
Linden Marine, 1330 Linden, Dayton 10, 
Ohio. 



SAILBOATS. Plastic, complete With 
man. tails, centerboard, SlD3-"0. Pholo 
and literature free- Telegraph Road Boa! 
Sales, Monroe. Michigan. 



WHOLESALE Direct from the factory - 
Fiberglass runabouts, fishing boat#, pon- 
toon boats, houseboat# and boat trailers 
Build It yourself: pontoons only— molded 
hulls only. Free catalog, Osage Mlg CO. H 
Box 117-M. Osage, Minn. 



FULL 6iz*, out-to- shape boat patterns, 
blueprints. 7^-33 feel. Big new S3 pg. 
HluM rated ,J Bujld a Boat" catalpg Of 
naval architect - designed Catamaran?, 
crullers, runabouts. t kills, outboard boats, 
sailing, racing, huuseboata, 50c. "How to 
Build b Boat" booklet 52 54, Equipment 
catalog $3.00. Cleveland Boat Blueprint 
Co.. DepL. A -80. BOS IASI, Cleveland. Ohio. 



BOATING BwHs! Keeping your out- 
board motor In shape. $1-70: Baste Sailing. 
Si. 20; Plywood BoatbuLldHr, $4.00; Pilot- 
ing. Seamanship And Small Boat Handling 
by Chapman. ?4Cd. Postpaid U-S-A. Out- 
side U.B-A. add 5W, No COD A. H- 
Lewis, DepL P, Garrison, N. V. 



NOW, Fly your boat. Easily installed kit 
convert* your boat to a flying boat. Send 
$1-40 for photographs, flying Instructions 
Oyrocrail Inc., 1032 Nelson EE. Grand 
Rapids, Michigan- 



MARINE Conversion*. Willy* to Cadillac, 
kits and parts. Catalog and conversion 
hint* free. Barr Marine, 27QGA Castor 
Avenue, Philadelphia 34. FeilJlfi. 



BOAT Flans— Full Size patterns, irams 
kits Modern inboard* and outboard* for 
amateur buildera, Complete new catalog 
50$ or specify requirements. den Design*. 
p]52 Rosecrans Bellflower. California. 



MARINE Conversion*, Ford. Chevrolet. 
Jeep engines, Catalog 254. Lehman Manu- 
facturing company $D4 Elizabeth Avenue. 
Linden 4, N J. 



NEW, Used, rebuilt marine motor*. Ma- 
rine r [inversions, fittings Free catalog. 
Bloke* Marine Supply. Dfct- 34. Cold wa- 
ter Mi eld Ran 



SAVE Money. New, used outboard motor 
pgrt*. Send wants. Stamp appreciated. 
OulbOftFd Motor Mart, 229-M State. Boston 
0, Mass. 



I Want to send you proof of ihe wonder- 
ful pulling power of Popular Mechanics 
tfcutilled page*- What'* yqdr p ropes;. nan? 
Write me today. Include literature if pos- 
sible. F. W Johnson. Manager Classified 
Advertising, Popular Mechanic* Magi fine. 
200 E Ontario Qt , Chicago 11. 111. 



ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, 

body building courses 



DEADLY Karate, KLing-Pu fighting. 
Break planks barehanded. UMne breath, 
sand, straw, pebble*. 11 lust rated manual 
$3.98. orienral bmk Bale*. P o. Box 
1183, Oakland ?. Calif 



BACKACHE Sufferer*. Many helped. 
Free literature. LOU stein. 311 Drlsca Dr.. 
Wot-dbury. N. J. 



BARBELLS- Dumbbell*. Course*. Book- 
let 10# . Good Barbell Cm* Gaiuam Spring*, 
Arkaiuu. 



FREE Muscle buBdint information - Body- 
Tone, Box 63$B, North Miami, Florida. 



DEVELOP Powerful grip. IncreoiO arm 
measurement*. A mailng Grlp-a-clacr $2-M- 
Soxon. Freeburg . HI- 

SLOWING Down? Legs and feei mufoies 
ache and cramp? Poor circulation and 
numbness? Active men know you are only 
as young as you feel and legs. If your 
answer io any one of ihese questions is 
yes, liy the amazing Perrin Method. It 
activate*, stimulus and uHeaallle* cir- 
culation and energize* the nervous forte. 
Fen in Method is a basic and organic fore? 
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lead* io siiguaiiua, r suit log In incidence 
of painful and crippling disease. The 
Fernh Method is a progressive force . ere* 
at mg new cell activity thru acceleration 
and energizing nerfuua forte and circula- 
tion. Contributing factors to the feloa'itlg 
down process such as weak kidneys, hlod- 
dcr Lrregixlarjty and subnormal prostate 
glands can be brought t q a higher degree 
of functioning. Perrin Method will enable 
you io control your energies and make 
them yield the desired result. Why lead 
a Ei inferior eatsience? One fundamental 
requisite to good health Is vital and Vigor- 
ous nervous force. A dormant nervous 
force leads to premature age, frustration 
and despair. Perrin Method intensifies 
and elevate* this force \q the highest pin- 
nacle. There i* ho expensive equipment 
Of repeated cost connected with the Perrin 
Method- Write today for ml ormaUQU. 
Oman Company. 1434-1 7th Street, De* 
Monte*, low*. 



SPORTING GOODS. GUNS. FISHING 
TACKLE. AR£HERY< TRAPPING 



KITE C&sEing with the flying fisherman 
lakes your fishing line 1.000 to 3,040 feet 
off shore and drop* It where you choose. 
Full information tree. Write Thoma* Ar- 
nold Company, Dept. F2_ 18 East Lanvale 
Street, Baltimore 2. Maryland. 



154 PAGE Catalog — a real dream book 
for fishermen! It's free! Neterafl Com- 
pany, Dept u-2, Toledo U, Ohio. 

FISHERMEN *5# BE amp* brings you 
five beetle bug bait*. Fly caster Products , 
2149 Stanford, St. Paul 5, Minnesota. 



DISCOUNTS Unlimited! Layman 4X 
J3S 95, Weaver KJ »4 Bushnell 4X 
134 501 Guns, guneessorie* below WhOle- 
sate. Cal&iog 25#. Discounts Unlimited, 
Box M-A. Ha*tlPBa-&n-H tidspn. N. T- 

HAVE GUds, will veil! Miniature fclilOls. 
rifles and acces*orle*. O * S MIg Co., 
Nashville 3. Tenn. 



BIZI BUG For * pinning, New action! 
More ba*s! Free literature and Introduc- 
tory offer Shaw Tackle Company. R, l r 
Monlerallo, Alabama. 



ANTIQUE Gtms. decorator* to Pater- 
&om. Large photo illustrated catalog 
$1.40. Jackson Arms. Box B0&5-PM. Dal- 
las 5. Texas 



ENJOY Camping : Make bie profit* While 
yeu play, wuh HeilUe Camping Trailer 
dealer franchise. Set Up into complete 
camp in Ju*t one mbnuie; attracts crowds 
wherever shown r Write for dealer pro- 
gram. Hellhtt Trailer*. 150O South Sacra- 
mento, Lodi, California. 

MOLDS For fisherman's tinker*. J1|* P 
squid*, casting and spinning iures. Free 
catalog. Sweet's Molds, Tona wan da 1. 
New York 



FREE Catalog America'* first and 
flops! guaranteed waterproof SU-Dri 
Sportsman bools. The Sport Mart. Inc- P 
Box 3047. Dali a* fi + Texa* r 



GUNS, Sword*, knives, diggers, flask*. 
Large list 25f coin Ed Ho 1 **, Coopers 
Mill* 52, Maine. 



10,000 GUNS. Antique?, modems, swords, 
armour, Every description. Giant catalog 
Si P0. Agra monte* h Yonker* 3 0. N. T. 



MOLDS -For ca*Hm y our own fiahlDf 
sinkers. Free Illustrated booklet Reading 
Instrument Co . Box PM 1 B, Reading.. 
Psnna 



CROSSBOWS! Hunting— BOWS! Factory 

price*! Joyce. Box 135$. Wichita. Kansas, 

BIG Money raLanag cricket* and 1 3 inch 
African fish worms. Free literature. Car- 
* ter Ranch, Flam*. Georgia 






FREE — Wholesale catalog. Beads-- Spin- 
ners. Lure parts, Sinter motda, Jigs. 
Reels Kanyapori* {ME), Totedg 6. Ohio, 

AMAZING Wholesale sporting catalog. 
Save 79^. Tremendou* seise* Lons. Ec on- 
O-Wfart. Wbippan? 2. New Jersey. 



KILL Submersed vs ter creeds which 
foul up motor propellers, tangle fishing 

S ear, with R-H Weed Rhap-29. Granular 
h 4-D. Inexpensive* easy to use. sure re- 
sults. For tree information write Reasor- 
HiH Corporation h Box 36PM. Jockfionvllle, 
Arkansas. 



KNIVES, imported. Worldwide selection 
of rare daggers, gurkhas, Stiletto*, bOWifcS, 
hunting, throw Inc knives. Terrific values. 
Free catalog. Clinton, ME. Clemens 34, 
Michigan. 



MINNOW Graders. Free circular. Cres- 
cent Mfg.. Box 3303. FL Worth, Tesas. 

SAVE! Gun & Tackle 10Q page discount 
catalog. Unusual and famous brands. 
Send 2 d? to Klein's, Chicago 24. 



FISHERMAN Catch up to 1,000 night- 
crawiers in the daytime. Guaranteed.. No 
digging. No electricity. Harmless, fast, 
easy. And lots of fun to act them come 
out. Super ,J Wormout fch kit *5.00 pud. 
Bishop's. 29 Main Street, Bangor, Maine. 



WATERPROOF Triple thick polyethylene 
bags. Keep loud, clothes, sleeping bag 
dry^egrry home fish, game- I3' r k 13'* x 
36", 2 for II. Trader Jim. -S715-A E. 25th, 
Tulsa, OkLa. 



moo guns, swords, war relics, catalog 
50?. Smith Firearms, Runnemede, N. J. 



HOW To catch llsh with smell. Secret 
formulas, new recipes, Jt-d0. Johnson's t 
312-M Lake Avenue, Ithaca. New York, 



EARTHWORM St CRICKETS, FROGS 



E AftTH WOR MS — Red hybrid. Breeding, 
bait, culture. Packed breeder*, {5 .00-1. DOCK 
Instructions. Prepaid, George F&pe, 
Jacob. Illinois. 

WANTED, Men, women. Worm r&iser*. 
Sherwood- Dept TJf-ZA, M o nmouth, Maine. 

1000 BROWN or red hybrid bait size— 
MM, Write for dealer quantity prices 
Have steady supply all season 1 Eunnyiide. 
Box 2320-PM. W, Gastonia. N. C- 



OUR Famous Rocky Mountain hybrid 
worms- Mixed sizes, 10.000 — *19.95 post- 
paid,. Dewey's Warm Ranch. Henderson, 
Cold. 



FANTASTIC Profits raising redworms: 
Large breeders l.GQQ — S3. S0 ; S.UdD — sa.9j. 
Medium 3,000— (5.65, 10.OM---Slfi.T5. Free 
instructions. Consultation service. Georgia 
Farms, Richland 18. Georgia. 

RAISE Fith warms and rabbits on 3MQ 
month plan. Free details. White * Rab- 
bit ry, Mt. Vernon. Ohio. 



*1.000 MONTHLV Possible, raising earth- 
worms. African giants' Backyard, garage, 
basement. Complete illustrated booklet, 
explain* raising, feeding, packing, mar- 
keting. Send 3S*l Ozark Worm Parm-J, 
Willow Springs. Missouri. 



*200.00 WEEKLY Possible, raiding earth- 
worms, basement, backyard, garage. Illus- 
trated booklet E3.M expiaminif raising, 
feeding, marketing. Gay Warm Ranch. 
Box 13072. D&llaa M, Texas. 



BIG Money raising flshworms and 
crickets. We Teach you how to raise and 
where ta sell. Free literature. Medium 
red worms, 3000, $5.05; 10.000. *16.95. Car- 
ter Red warms, Plains. Georgia. 



FREE Picture folder, 1,1 How to Make 
J3. DM Yearly, Spare time. Backyard, Rais- 
ing Earthworms^ 1 Oafchaven-5fi, Cedar 
Hill. Texas. 



BINOCULARS. TELESCOPES. 
MICROSCOPES- MAGNIFIERS 



TELESCOPES. Binoculars, microscope* — 
all sizes. Complete telescope makers sup- 
plies. Free catalog. Suffolk Science. Mat - 
tltucfc. New York. 



TELE&COPSS- Refractor, reflector, kits 
gnd accessories. Free Illustrated booklet. 
Dell Optics Co.. Limited, Dipt. PM. 337 
Sfiih Street. West New York, New Jersey. 

REFLECTOR Telescope kits direct from 
factory. From *7.75- Other optical do-it- 
yourself kits. Free booklet, Hampton,, 
P O- Bok t?3. Sparta. N, J. 



REFLECTING Telescope, MX, com- 
pletely assembled. Guaranteed observatory 
clearness. Free information. Skyscape. 
P.O- Box 55. Brooklyn 2B. N. Y. 



TELESCOPES^ Mirrors, binoculars, mi- 
croscopes. accessories. Free catalog. Na- 
tional Optical Company, 505 New York 
Avenue, Union City. New Jersey. 



BUILD Your own reflector telescopes. 
Complete kits; Mirror*, eyepieces, tripods, 
all other accessories. Request Iree illus- 
trated literature. Criterion Manufactur- 
ing. Dept. DFM-Bt. Hartford. Conn. 



50 POWER Microscope £3.05. 15 power 

*4.95. DX Radio, Bok 5933, Kansas City 
11, Missouri. 



DYNA5COPE. Amazing world- famous 
reflector telescope. Request free brochure. 
Criterion. Dept. DP-64. Hartford. Conn- 

BINOCULAR5, Telescopes, in Icrnacdpes. 
Terrific values £3.98 up. Request free 
money-saving catalogue.. Criterion. DEpt. 
F-BT. Hartford, Conn. 



binocular Specialists, all makes re- 
paired- Authorized B&uacb se Lomb. £ets&. 
Hensnldt. BushneEl. Hertel-Renss dealer. 
Tfile-Opt Lcfi, 5514 Lawrence, Chicago 20, 
Illinois. 

STARGAZERS! Exciting new magazine! 
Sample 50c. Monthly Evening Sky Map, 
Box 213-PM. Bt. Louis 5. Missouri. 



AMAZING Prices precision binoculars. 
"Binocular £electin{r,' r catalog iree. Pren- 
tiss Importers, Mercury Bldg.. West Los 
Angeles 25, calif. 



TELESCOPES. Microscopes. Illustrated 
catalog 25 f. Chambers Scientific, 124 West 
23 Street. New York 11. 



WAR Surplus bargains: Millions of 

lenses. Instruments, telescopes, binoculars, 
component » and complete hue of astro- 
nomical telescope items. World’s greatest 
optical market -place! Send only SI. 00 for 
beginner's 10-lens kit and big instruction 
booklet Stock I-CH. Write for Catalog CH 
free! Edmund Scientific Co., Barrington. 
New- Jersey. 



PLANTS. SEEDS- BULBS* NURSERY 
AND GARDEN SUPPLIES 



EVERGREEN Seedlings, ornamentals, 
flowering shrubs and rests, Free price 
list and planting guide. FUcklngers' Nurs- 
ery. Sagamore 11, Penna. 



GROW Dwarf tree*! Instructions & 
seeds, 35*. Mall Order Specialties. 1439- 
BMD, Ha brat on Ave., Morgantown, W. Va. 



PETS— DOGS. BIRDS. 
RABBITS. HAMSTERS- ETC, 



FARMS, FARM LANDS, REAL ESTATE 

CENTRAL Florida development*. Trailer 
hamesltas: also la kef rant and highway 
lots; acreage. No Interest. From 1295.00. 
TeroM. Victor Roepke, OeLand. Fla. 

MR. Property Owner— Want a map of 
tout property? Write Deed-Ett« u ML. 
Focono, Penna. 



FREE E trout catalog ! Farms, homes, 
businesses, resorts, retirement properties. 
Over 3000 values in 36 state*. 53 years' 
service, world's largest! Write Strout 
Realty, 7-MF S. Dearborn, Chicago 3, 111. 

CANADIAN vacation lands; Full price 
4235.00, for 40 acres. SI 0.00 month. Suit- 
able cottage sites, hunting, fishing Camps. 
Free information. Land Sales Corporation, 
130C Shaftesbury* Downsvlew, Ontario. 
Canada. 



FLORIDA. Nice home&itcs, 1345 at IIP 
monthly. Folder free. Howard Vernor, 
DeLand, Florida. 



OZ ARKS I America 1 ! best place- Ten 
lovely timbered seres $195. >5.00 monthly, 
deeciiptloTis mailed free. Write: Arm^ 
strongs. Shook. Missouri. 



BUYING Real estate? Know correct 
mortgage payments. Handy ifiO page book 
shows monthly payment* necessary to pay 
off mortgage. All Interest rates from 
to 7 f ; including inter venlng fractions. 
Used by bankers, brokers, appraisers. Now 
available to public. Send *i.M to P- 
Behrend, Box 3124, Pittsburgh 17, Pencil*. 



CANADIAN TftK sale lands, average 
price five dollars an acre. Small monthly 
payment*. Farms, timber; hunting and 
fishing camps, minerals. Limited number 
of pru pert lea. Write at once for free cata- 
logue. Tax sale service, itoom 105. 125 
Elobr Street, west, Toronto 5. Canada. 



FLORIDA Homesltes in the booming 
Tampa Bay area are available now at 
Willow Shores for the low. introductory 
price of only *395. These are large 8tft]D9 r 
plots only 21 miles south of Tampa on 
Route 301 , near schools, churches and 
shopping. Enjoy boating, swimming, and 
fishing all year long. Only *10 down ana 
*20 per month buys your Florida home- 
site. Beautiful >i-Ocre (or larger J water- 
front Lots on the Little Manatee River are 
only £25 down and £50 per month, full 
price £2295. Send *10 down payment ta 
reserve your Florida hamc&ite now {down 
payment refundable within 45 day 5 for 
any reason; and WLllo-W Shorts will send 
you your contract, pi at showing location, 
reserved for you, Mid colorful descriptive 
literature. Send *10 to: Gulf Coast Land 
and Title Company, Developers: Dept. PM; 
£32 south T&mlaml Trail: Sarasota, Fla. 



RAISE Rabbits successfully by knowing 
facta. 43 page Illustrated book describing 
25 breeds. Housing, reeding, breeding, 
marketing, etc. PJu* bulletin. 25 cents. 
American Rabbit Association, 36 Arba 
Building, Pittsburgh, Penna, 



FROGS, Wild J-umbo proven best for 
breeders large supply. Qso Pier. 0124 
Ocean Dr, F Corpus Christi. Teg. 



GOLDEN Hamaters— Pedigreed breeders 
£3.3* pair. Albinas Whitebands. Literature, 
Moore's Hamster Ranch. Bhepherdstown 
25. West Virginia. 



FLORIDA HomeSite* £19 down. £14 
monthly buys your hnmesjte in Central 
Florida's finest retirement and vocation 
community in the high ridge section hear 
Sebrlng. On B4 square mile Highlands 
Lake- Free community park* and beaches. 
Get free color brochures, house plan*; 
Learn haw we help you plan, finance, 
build your low -coat, tax-exempt home. 
Write Florida Realty Bureau, Inc-. Dept. 
E2M3. Labe Placid, Florida {AD501Q1L 



FLORIDA 2 fc ,a-Aere estates. Choice pre- 
mium propertiea only *995 at £15 monthly. 
Wepdelt Wood, Fountain. Florid*, 



MAKE Money raising chinchillas, mink, 
rabbits, cavies for US. Free Cfttalbg. Keeney 
Brothers . New Freedom 2. Penna. 



RAISE Rabbits on £500 month plan. 
Free details. White's Babbitry. Mt, Ver- 
non. Ohio. 



HAMSTERS— Ideal pet*, *2,95 pair, Free 
booklet. Jer-fre'* Hamstery. 1447 Apple, 
Muskegon 1*. Michigan. ^ _ 

SKUNKS. Reptiles, hawk*, raccoons. 
Ilf us.. .,ted catalogue. 25£. Trails End Co.. 
St. Stephen, s. c 



FLYING Squirrel. Live baby turtlea. 
Ott's, 5505 Magazine. New Orleans 15. La. 

raIBE Rabbits, make money. In form a- 
tlon and prices sent free. Write: Johnson. 
fifl3. Kum City 41. Missouri. 



FUR BEARING ANIMALS 



FLORIDA'S sunny land Village. Pre- 
development sale. 410.00 down. I19.6D 
month. Water main a. paved street*^ R.£,A. 
Electricity ( under const,) Write; Bo* 75$. 
Erdoksvllle. F3ofld* r 



VALLEV Farm on stream. Only SS.000 
buy* well -Improved 200-acne southwestern 
Msssouri atnek larm! Attraetive honccslta 
overlooks beautiful pan -fish brook. Pri- 
vate hunting grounds. 49 acre* tillable 
valley land, now in pasture and meadow 
graces, balance abundantly -watered wood- 
land posture. See picture In catalog — 
large 5- room home, bath, fireplace. w r ell 
with pressure system, nice oak and wal- 
nut shade. 30-ft. barn* small poultry 
hoLise. On all -weather road, 5 mile* town. 
Get yoUf low -cost farming start here. 
Only 10.0*0. less than hair down. New 
free Spring catalog, bargain* coast to 
eoail! United Farm Agency. 2835-FM Main 
St., Kansai City 4£. Mo. 



MINK Raisin# information free. Com- 
plete. Lake Superior Mink Farm. Supe- 
rior. EE1. Wisconsin. 



FEBRUARY I960 67 










l LORI DA— silver Spring* area, \ 4 acre 
water? lew homesites. STSS-QU. llfl-00 
month. Free tolar photos. Write: Smith 
Lake Est ates. Box 5681 r Belle view, Fl orida. 

0S.44 MONTHLY Buys 5 acres- Excellent 
lisMnin near lawn, electricity. Price 
f too. co. Free list* box 425F d Carthage. 
fcllMOurt. 

FLORIDA Security homesite* 4 $120, $5 . DO 
monthly. Warranty deeds. Thompson, 
Lroan to. _ Fla. __ 

OPPORTUNITIES! Government land, 
I r. S-. Alaska , Canada. Sledge Surveys, 
Macon. Mississippi. 

MONEY in agriculture. Need no more 
than \ 4 acre, inCpmaatlon on all phases — 
81. ML Agricultural consultant; Walnut 
Hill, Arnhem. New Hampshire. 



FARM MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES 

GARDEN Tractor— Nationally known— 
now sold at discount, Eliminates all hind 
hoeing, also till*. Nothing like It. Patent 
2742840. Discount catalogue lie*. Autohce. 
DfFirf fifl, Win. 



AUCTIONEERING— Home study course. 
Diploma gran led. Auction School. Ft. 
Smith. Art. 



RAISE Pheasants on <100 week plan. 
Little capital and space can make you in- 
dependent, Free details. Great Central 
System, Columbus 1. Kansas. 



VENDING Machines. No selling. Operate 
a route of coin machines and earn amaz- 
ing profits. 32 -page catalogue free. Park- 
fray Machine Corporation , Dept. j*2S, 715 
Ensor Street, Baltimore 2, Maryland. 

GROW Mushrooms., cellar., shed and 
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American coin Company. 1821 Emeram 
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FOR Sale m3S, 1S24S, 193 IF, 1932D, 
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BRILLIANT Uncirculated United States 
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LARGEST Coin magazine. 240 page*. 
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NEW 1&GQ Giant U. S. coin catalogue 
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Berry, Box 3GS. Westminster, Cahf. 

SIXTEEN Fad# 1460 retail price list of 
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40 GENUINE Foreign bllla. gl.40. Mus- 
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LINCOLNS 50 Assorted dates. mints. 
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folder. Send *6 ,00 plus 35< toward post- 
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B68, Galesburg, Illinois. 

THREE Brilliant guaranteed uncircu- 
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Texas, 

THREE Different barter halves (2.00. 
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SPECIAL Old Morgan dime, quarter, 
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(4.000.00 FOR IS 13 Liberty head nickel. 
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1805 >P. 1903-0 pay 5100. 00— $3,000,00. 

Certain dates— Lincoln cents before 1032, 
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4750.00. Wanted— 2M pieces, gold coins, 

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SCARCE Uncirculated 1„ is ccnL with 
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STAMP COLLECTING 



IDO FOREIGN. 20 U.3?. fomniftm ora live, 
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U S. Mini rflO7-£026 face plus 2t each. 
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l5l DIFFERENT U.S. commcrriurEitlves 
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FREE’ Mint triangle set. Approvals, 
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FRANCE And colonies. 100 large pic- 
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Rochelle. France- 



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40,060 VARIETIES Available on ap- 
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town. N. T. 



WOW! 110 All different Germany 10c. 
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included with beautiful approvals, James- 
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N. Y, 



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105 DIFFERENT V-W Stamp* SZ! ap- 
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FREE! Three extra --special, superb sets. 
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Dickinson S.W.. Grand Rapids 7. Mich. 

508 DIFFERENT Worldwide from Mada- 
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SURPRISE Collection cxoLJe mint Brit- 
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GIGANTIC Collection tree. Includes Iri- 
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QUEEN Elizabeth on stamps. A beauti- 
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Queen of England. 10c with approvals. 
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greatest Premium! World-wide col- 
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Calif- _ _ 

55 M STAMP Collection, only 28f. Ap- 
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100 DIFFERENT U.S. commemoraLSveis. 
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FREE! 50 Dilfprent Netherlands, Cdlor- 
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33_._ El kha n . Indiana. 

1 00 WORLD 10f. Approvals accompany. 
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ICELAND, Finland m Mamp* only 
$1,00. EpLiH'to. Mum la. Finland. 

115 UNUSUAL including (1 U- S , h«3l- 
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N- J- 

LIQUIDATING Collections. 2t approv- 
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Mass, 



FREE! Sl-OD Worth, ynur ChoJdc. Irom 
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U-B- 51. $2. 45 Special— W, with ap- 
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Brooklyn r^. New York. 

15 MULTICOLORS From Life magazine! 
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poafl, PhoenlT A ri^ ona, 

FANTASTIC Ghana, Mozambique. Nyxis- 
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wn, 726 CuLLjijec. SI. Paul 6, Mmuesbtfi, 



44 ALL DillEre£ii H diamond, triangle, 
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20C Carpenter, F.O, Box 310. Claremont, 
Calif, 

EXTRAORDINARY J Free! 2Q different 
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Rosen bereh. Box 1303. Chicago &0. 

FREE — Any volume Scott's Imerna- 
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YEMEN UPU set free With approvals 
W-B Stamps. Wjlkes-Barre, Penn a. 

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world Wide, many other*, each over *5.00 
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Jiee With pure nose or sensational foreign 
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25 TRIANGLES At! are Scott UstWL 50< 
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pa rty. Box 37A. Wwl H i ip. New York. 

OUR Specialty. 10O0 worldwide stamps 
SI-DO 3500 . 43.00. Guaranteed. Harri- 
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Calif. 



W.«0 STAMPS Sale: bargain lot 3U. 
IS, extra spec I a! 53, Giant assortment |5. 
High value packet 53. Free gifts w|lh first 
order. Persile, 435 N.Y. Ave. , Brooklyn 25, 
ft. Y. " 

SPACEOPHOBiA^ Monaco nudes 1W to 
approval applicants. BKJ, Astor, Boston 
22. Mass. _ 

U S. 6& Different 20 * , eo different com- 
InelnOra Lives 40f Both Sbf. Jim's Stamps, 
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FREE! Wot Id- Wide Stamp Eschanger^' 
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Delhi 7 r India 

UNITED States. KM different commem- 
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Jarobsen, Crompond, N. Y. 

CLEARANCE: Your choice. 3f, each, te- 
gardless ul oatalofi! References : cadet, 
SeI ctcn. N. Y_ _ 

ITALY—] 0 Different 10( with ap- 
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York City. 

GIVEAWAY 1 Boy Scout First Day Cover 
only lOt. Loral Slam ps. Buk 22- E. Cambria 
Heights i t. New York. 

GREECE. 25 Different. Iree with ap- 
provals. Smith. 1028 Colei u. Moose Jaw. 
Saskat c hewan. 

6 COLORFUL Sets. Outer upwe. Olym- 
pics. famous painting*;, ships, orientals. 
2D delightful worfec* of art. 25C Mature 
approvals. Hills, 123 Pearl, Santa Cruz. 
Calif. 



FREE Surprise packet with pictorial 
approvals. Dancer. 75 -P 7 , Mansfield. Ohio. 

SWEDEN '—100 Different, 2&CI Idhijmd- 
stve. worldwide approvals. Carling, How* 
arc! City. Mlehigaiv 

FREE. Mint Angola animats. Topicot 
approvals. Wallace Grant. Gnitcvillc. Fla. 

50 DIFFERENT Haiti. Catalog 46.00- 
ll.OD. Approvals. Ho.iM-Herald. Furt-au- 
Frlnte. Haiti. 

40 DIFFERENT U.S. rnmmemorativep 
IDf . Approval bargains included. Edmark. 
115 Madison, Fanwood, Hew Jersey. 

SORT And save approvals. E j£-up.. 
Dlmo nd. 3152 Cuth bcrt, Oakland 2, Cal if - 

FREE Sets 51.00 value, dlseountcd ap- 
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Norfolk 16, Va. 



WANTED S’sonips, ot UhS- Cash paid. 
Harris. H57 M ore.nO , Ocea nside 5, Calif , 

PARTICULAR? Want UhUSUal stamps 
on approval. Try Bayou Stamps. Box 4126. 
Pensacola, Florida- 

BEAUTIFUL 2 i approvals! Thousands 
varieties' Marshall. Bos 431 -pa, Usng 
Beach . Calif ._ 

FREE LOO$ eiephah15 Uith approvals. 
Bacon, 405 Main. Rolla, Missouri. 

50 DIFFERENT BrllLlh Colonials 10<~ 
Approvals. Robert Scorleant. Men don. 
New York. 



i£0 DIFFERENT United Stale* s romps, 
fabulous value only 41.00. Frot United 
Slates price list Universal, Bos 0. Keno- 
sha 5-C. Wisconsin. 



FEBRUARY I960 69 



200 DIFFERENT Canada, $3 Ml Superb 
C(wditi(m. Sat^factiQQ guaranteed. Nle- 
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CONGO. Latest bi colored “Jungle Ani- 
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226 p Race. Ravraswood, West Virginia, 

135 DIFFERENT Canada fl.Ofl' 150 dif- 
ferent U S. $1.00. Joseph Myers, Route 5, 
Cdflwater. Michigan. 

AIRMAIL Collection: Many countries, 
complete sets. Approvals. Rush dime. Each 
Soger. Bo* 153. North w*iee, 
Prana. 

25 DIFFERENT RUSSIA 5 1 EO applicants 
for our bargain approvals, Swnith Stomp 
Co-, Box 63 -MR i Rugby), Brooklyn 3, 

New York. 

~ 500 DIFFERENT Germany- valued over 
$10.00 Only $i.oo with unique approval;, 
Universal. Bor B. Kenosha 5-A, Wisconsin. 

TERRIFIC Trfucta* I sports, volcanoes, 
mushroom*, African Rowers, flags, Angola 
map, 26 ethers, if Ed approval 
Potomac Sia m ps.jwashtngton is. D. c, 

u.s. Or foreign grata 50# Three for 
ll.QP. Pore C o mpany. Dedham, Mass. 

100 DIFFERENT Belgium 25# with 
in punted approvals. Return postage paid. 
Frogness ,Box 3008, Glendale 1, Cailf. 

50 FREE With approvals. Adults. Fal- 
con's Stamps, California, Boulder City. 
Nevada. 

ADULTS' Lake stamps? Then start your 
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tails free 5 Columbia , 92S8-MP. Piney 
Branch Road, Silver Spring, Md, 

500 DIFFERENT Hungary, valued ever 
$10.00. Only 51.00 with unique approvals. 
Universal, Bo« 6, K e nosha 5-E , Wis. 

ROOSEVELT if Plate block and list io#_ 
Frtns, 1325 Broadway, Water vl i et, N. Y. 

JUNGLE And Space Age. Fascinating 
wildlife selection and original! sputnik 
stamp all free with terrific approvals. 5# 
handling. Stamp Imports. Peterborough, 
Ontario. 

SURPRISE Set. fifty British Common- 
wealth free with terrific approvals. 
K aware ha Stamps, Box §13. Peterborough, 
Canada. 

BARGAIN— 55 Different U S.. 10#, with 
fine U.3- approvals. Stamps, Kpnnetmn-c. 
Mai n-B- 

ENJOY Stamp collecting! Write for 
"Pranj-proTalt” Penny -proval Service. 
NW York Building, Saint Paul I, Minn. 

FREE. Surprise assortment, 50 different 
world wide. With attractive approvals. 
Banner. M-3, 2361 So. Yatei. Denver 19. 
Colorado, 



BEAUTIES! Pictorials from Sudan. 
Monaco, Honk Kong. Iceland. Toga. New 
Caledonia. San Marino, Singapore, etc. 
only 10 #, Approvals. Champlain, isle La 
Motte. Vt- 

INTRODUCING Gur better United States 
approvals we of far 15 United States stamps 
including Columbian. Bl-Centennlalc, fa- 
mous American, airs, others: only 10#. 
Ocean Stamps. Box 64 -PM, Brooklyn 29\ 
New York. 



FREE Packet! Five different foreign 
countries. Request fascinating approvals, 
Coral. Box 700S ILlldlam), Miami 55. Fla. 

50 DIFFERENT Large U.S. com memo- 
ntivea 10# with approvals. Jack Clancy* 
Box B I AT. Portland H_ Oregon. 

10 BEAUTIFUL Mint Bmlih Colonies 
10# Wth approvals. Bennett, Candor 3, 
ff. 

FREE ! Fifty different stamps. Adult 
approval applicants. Norge, Ho -Ho -K us. 
IT, J, 

PENNY Approvals. Thousands. Bargains 
for pennies. Gilts with purchases. Fenny 
Stamps, Oran ge h California, 

UNITED Nittcms, Five different I0e. 
Approvals. Anderson, 1112 Harrison, San 
Francisco 3, Calif- _ 

TERRIFIC Value. Eight complete mint 
*eta ID# with approvals. Beatties, 53 Glen- 
agar, Uli ngto u, Ontario. Canada. 



25 DIFFERENT Cdmmrmoratives 1H93 
UP 10#, U- 5. approvals. KAB. Box 70, 
Brooklyn 23, N. Y. 



70 POPULAR MECHANICS 



FREE Sample] Interesting, informative, 
illustrated. National stamp News. Ander- 
Ca ro lina. 

FREE 50 Worldwide, mailed with inex- 
pensive approvals. University Stamp;. 
P.O. Box fl5. Tumi ami Station. Miami 44. 

Florida. 

TRADE Your duplicates toward our ap- 
provals I (Foreign only.) Complete infor- 
mation. 10#. Variety Stamps, Box 98 -P, 

Newton Highlands ti l. Maas. 

30'S WORLDWIDE Different stamps only 
25#. Approvals, Niagastgmp, St. Cath- 
arine* 071, Omario. 

MINT U.S. at lace! Older cammemora- 
lives only. Send 25# for all different packet 
with first selection mini U.S. approvals. 
Western, Box lflfl&P F Salina s, Cali for nia. 

1000 DIFFERENT 1 Worldwide stamps, 
11.00, Valued over 120 . 00 , Universal,. Box. 
6. Kenosha 5, Wisconsin. 

60 DIFFERENT U, S, f30 CCmrnemOTfl- 
LWei) 25# No approvals. Seldenbrrg, 

A ppleton. W isconsin. 

GIANT Approvals, thousands different. 
1# and 2# each. Wahr* Stamp Exchange. 
7O0BP Farragut. -Chicag o 31 h 1IL 

ALBUM Only IQ#! Hundreds of spaces! 
Stampm ert company. Hartford l, Con n. 

UNITED State* commemorative collec- 
tion con ml nine 33 different— ID#, Approv- 
als, White, 5 IS- A Avenue L. Brooklyn 30. 
New York. 



sell Your surplus good grade stamps. 
Write, dpacribing fully what you hive. 
V&nroy Shirk. Lebanon, Pe nn sylva ni a._ 

AMAZING OFFER! 200 United State* 
stamps — including commem oral Ives, air- 
mails, high denomination* to 11 00. Qply 
10# lo approval applicants! Illustrated 
bargain lists free. Mystic Stamp Co., Dept. 
SQ. Camden, New York. 

100 STAMPS, 10# With approvals. Smith. 
508A Brooks, College Station. Te xas- 

OLD Scarce U-S. seconds on approvals. 
Slight imperfection*, lowest pnees. Htrn- 
fleM. Cllntonhlll Ste . , Newark 0. N r J, 

1O0 OLD United States between igtii 
and 1933 „ SI. Q0. EtuLksli a Lamps, 51 Chest- 
aut h Mansrie ] d H Ohio, 

225 STAMPS For only ID# I This mam- 
moth value includes airmails, pictorial*; 
stamps from strange countries catalog- 
ing up to 25# each! Also approval*. Mystic 
Stamp Company. C amden 5 0, New Yorle. 

UNITED Slates price list. 1(6 pages, 
pnee 25#, Mark Hamm, 335 Firth Are., 
FI tteburgh 22. Fenna 



SELL Stamps to our readers. Your ad 
In this space will be read by 1 thousands of 
stamp buyers. I'll prove that to you. 
Write now for Folder "3." F. W. Johnson, 
Classified Advertising Manager, Popular 
Mechanic*, 200 F- Ontario Si.. Chita?? II, 
UL 



H.QQQ DIFFERENT! Amazing new plan 
builds your collection systematically, coun- 
try by country* Only 50# weekly, Free 
details. L. G. Ware. Stepney 75 P Conn. 

u. s. Mint nag set, complete, fi.oa. 
Free list, Brooks, 3529 Avenue X, Brook- 
lyn 35. New York. 



103 DIVERSIFIED Bntlah colony stamps 
only 10#. Approvals. Niagastamp, St. Cftth- 
ariiie* B7UA, Ontario, 

102 DIVERSIFIED Worldwide stamps 
10#. Approval*, Linstamp, si Catharines 
61 A, Ontario. 



PENNY Approvals l Regard less cata- 
logue! Kloster, 4 If# — 52nd St, fc San Diego 
B^CtilL 

25 DIFFERENT Large American cam- 
mem mra Laves 10#. With approval*. Lin- 
stamp, St, Catharines 613-A, Ontario. 



INTERESTING WarldwLde animal stamp 
collection 10#. With approvals. Ni s Ea- 
stern p. St. Catharines 671 -B. Ontario, 



ECONOMIC Ali !■ a 4 -3# Approvals, 33.Q00 
varieties. Drosel, Box I2fl-N L We*t Engle- 
wood. New Jersey. 

105 BRITISH Colony stamps, all dlffer- 
ent IQ#. Approvals. Crown Etemp Com- 
pany. 901. Virgil, Ontario, 



A System that brings you 100 to 400 
different new stamps of your own choice, 
each and every week. What every collector 
has dreamed about. Nothing else like it. 
This U entirely different. Complete de- 
tails sent hr return mall, merely by send- 
ing si. Q0 for one full year’s membership 
dr (1.50 far two years. Lad Vegas Stamp 
Service, 558 Oakey Blvd., La* Vegas, Nev r 



50 DIFFERENT Stamps freer Approvals, 
M&rlord, Box 49. Queens Village 29, New 
York, 

f REE! Liberia airmail triangle, diamond, 
midget, man] moth to approval buyers, 
Plym outh. Dept. A^a, Bell, Californ ia. 

STAMP Canceling outfit. Includes packet 
world wide stamps „ package hinges, water- 
mark derector, millemflter gauge. Every- 
thing 10# with approvals. Laralne Brown, 
Marlon . _Mtchi gam 

FREE l Wonderful, new $4 page U- 3. 
calalog. Handling 19#. Norrisco, Milwau- 
kee VWli^_ 



SUPEfilOR WorldwLde massian mixture. 
Amazing variety! sin ounces 01 .55. Found 
(3-9S, Bay Nielsen. 4545B Harvard, Mont- 
refll 28, Canada- __ 

100 DIFFERENT Belgium Iree. 13FD. 
Brussels Fair, railroad stamps free. Ap- 
proval applicants only. Trylon. Box 3l-P r 
Brookly n 3&. N. Y, 

ZOUNDS! Amazing "Strange Coun- 
tries" packet. Free with approvals! Saxon ^ 
Orange, California, 

fi5 DIFF. U. S- eommemoratsyeFi 50#. 
No approvals sent. K. Flascvk. 4 Pasture 
Lane. Massap cqu a, Long Island , N. ¥■ 

DAMAGED Old U S. 'i catalog, on ap- 
proval. K . Ewarta, Maiden Bridge, N. Y . 

15 AUSTRALIAN CdrtimemoratdiVea 5# r 
Approval*. Van r Box 08 l t Columb us Miss. 

FREE. U. S. pricelist plus foreign 
packet It's, Thom r 4 608— 15 th Avenue. 
Min neapolis 17, Minnesota. 



FREE \ China collection. appro v&H.. 
Send lb# postage. Coast, F.O. 21S7AB. 
Santa Ana. California. 

l-OOK! 150 Dili. U.S. ebtemenioratlv^E 
(1.00! E win g, 21 33 Lunt, Chicago 45. 

U.S. Illustrated list free. Biff Irresistible 
discounts, National. Bos 0Q> Boston l h 
Mm&- _ 

LOOK! Six Queen Elisabeth mint sets 
from Singapore, Tristan. Malacca, Malta, 
Antigua. Cay man 21 brilliant pictorials, 

25#. Attractive approvals. Gannon Stamps, 
Box 031, Cant o n 1. O hio , 

12,000 PENNY Approvals waiting for 
you I Many from exotic countries, pic- 
torials. airmails, n#w t&sues, Tilbury. Host 
|_02, Newark I, . N. J 

MOONE Rocket including ill different 
Si am PS. 10# With approvals. Finney, BOX 
aa, El Monte, Calif, 



U. S. Commemorative^; £02 different (2.. 
Moseley, 6 Hanley Downs, st. Louis 17.. 
Missouri. 



1075 DIFFERENT tl.Ofl With approvals, 
Klondike, 032 Jefferson. Elg In. Illinois. 

300 DIFFERENT Given free with ap- 
provals. Particulars.. Windsor Stamps. 
0834 Cornell Avenue, Chicago 17. 



HUNDREDS Of free commemorative* 
and bl -colored stamps, to buyers from our 
\ 2 # • 1# khd 2# approvals, Orang, 104. fi. 
Mam, Santa Ana, Calif. 



25 AUSTRALIAN Commemorative^ 10#, 
Approvals. Binkowski, 041 Park. Schenec- 
tady. New York. 



FINE U-E. stamps. $5.00 coolidge of the 
1S38 Presidential series and the *5 00 
Hamilton of the 1Q54 series. Both for only 
$1,00, Fine U.S. approvals Included. 
Willett Co.. fVO. Box 333, Dept. 45 H York- 
tQwn Heights. N. Y. 



ANTIQUES, RELICS. INDIAN GOODS. 

CURIOS 



ANCIENT Grooved stone tomahawk 
(3.00. Indian relic list free. Lear's. Glen- 
wood. Arkansas. 



4 ARROWHEADS *1.00. List. Smith, 
341 N. Tacmna, Indianapolis 1. Indiana, 



ILLINOIS: Selling hundred* — Confed- 
erate. Civil War, Indian War, weslem 
muskets, Kentuckies, Springflelds, rifles, 
pistols, flasks, blunderbusses, flintlock*, 
frontiers, dueling, pepperboxes. Con feder- 
al e -Union swords, bay m r.t tts, bullet molds. 
12.000 collectora cartridBea. *20.0tM3,O0 
Cemfederate bills. Gold coins, Indian 
cent*. Agates, minerals, fossils. 50.&O0 
Stonegatt Indian relics, arrowheads, 
spear points. discoidoJa, gold nuggets 
stagecoach guns. Mounted birds, daguer- 
rotyp^s, holaters. military Lnsignioa. Send 
35# (refundable'i for large listing. Heite- 
Wenonft, III, 

































PRECIOUS STONES, MINERALS 



MUSIC & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 



THE Collectors Shop. 95 Camlno Eypa- 
npl. Tucson, Arizona. JO beautiful color- 
inl Arizona minerals 82 .-09. 

39 DIFFERENT Beautiful polished gem 
sione* David Wilson. 1865 Poplar. 

Memp fali. Tran. 

"TREASURE Map ol Mojave Desert " 
Eems, minerals, recreation. arias' ll.M 
postpaid. Crrmac 8d3A. Mentoue. Call!. 

twelve New Mexico minerals *2,00. 
Bt\ fluorescent* |LM r five crystallized 
minerals Jl.&E, fools sold Minerals. 

Wins Lon, New Mexico- 



PROSPECTORS 1 Learn from Experi- 
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roefca and mm era It- A comprehensive 
home Study course designed for anyone 
Interested in expdonng fo r valuabLe ore 
deposits. Write now for free literature. 
Pacific School of Mines. Dept, B-l, BOX 
2&3ft. P ate Springs, C alifornia. 

FflEF Bargain gem list. Lapidary 
and silversmith rati Los. 56 pages, 25f. 
OBrlsn’s, 111GM Wilcox, Hollywood 38 

cal it. 



"OEMS & Minerals Magazine," largest 
rock hobby monthly, Field trip*, ■"how" 
articles, pictures. id*, 83. OQ year. Sample 
25e. Box 687 A. Mentone, California. 



SEMI- Precious uncut gem*. Ten differ- 
ent for SI .00. Request ILs E £6. Prospectors 
Shop. 2411 Ban Francisco. Santa Fe. New 
Mexico 



EARTH Science, Lhe roc* hound* na- 
tional magazine. Subscription fZ.QC. Sam- 
ple 35 € BOX 1 357 -PM, Chicago BO. 111. 

DIAMOND $1.00l Genuine Gmail atone, 
not a chip, uncut, just as 11 comes from 
the mines in Africa. Wonderful curio. 
Educational. P. O. Box 566, Ardsler, 
FT ¥. 



rock HOTJ HOB. Gem cutter*, jewelry 
makers, New free catalog, just off the 
press! Biggest suppliers to hobbyists and 
craftsmen offers you fools, materials, 
equipment, introductory bargains and 
know-how . Free catalog. Write Griegers, 
Dept, C-12. 1683 E. Walnut, Paiadrna. 
California 



18 COLORFUL And basic U.S. mineral 
specimens attractively boxed with descrip- 
tive folder 51-00 prepaid. Included free 
dinosaur boric pocket pLece. ROcfc Haven 
Mineral Co., Depl. 202, WhLlefield, N H. 



HOBAICS And COLLECTIONS 



Wanted Cigarette, tobacco cards. 
Write Charles Bray , Eas t Ba n gor, Fe nna 

”a& COLORFUL Selected Feashells plus 
genu the sea horse and starfish $1 0b pan- 
paid. Includes free shell card in color 
with names and free tropical catalog. 
Treasure Highland, Alrgale Branch PM, 
Sarasota. Fla 



COLLECTORS Matchbook covers. 100 
d liferent unused. $1.00 Catalog 25*. 
Album H.OD. Charles Edelman, 131 1-C 
Bast 84. Cleveland 3. Ohio. 



COLLECT Foreign medals, daggers, hel- 
mets. iron Grofu with ribbon, If. 50; Swas- 
tika emblem 25e; catalog 35C. Hobbles, Box 
71-B, Rccfcawav 94. N Y 



NASI InsLgnia book. 600 ill usl ra t Ions, 
and 6 Nazi emblems, *1.00. Hobby land. 



PHOTOGRAPHY- CAMERAS. 
PHOTO SUPPLIES 



PHOTOGRAPHY For pleasure or profit. 
Learn al home Practical basic training. 
Long established school. Free booklet. 
American School of Photography. 635 DL 
versey Parkway, Dept. 3441, Chic ago 14. 

164 PAGE Photographic bargain cata- 
log. listing thousands of photographic 
bargains. Send 2&r for your copy, credited 
on first order. Dept. 1-C2. Central Camera 
Company . 339 Bo. Wabash Are.. Chicago 
HI 



PHOTO FINISHING 



FREE! Kodak film for life. New Kodak 
film for every roll you send to develop. 
Jumbo size Black and whit*: ft exp. ft«: 
12 exp. ll.tffi Kodacolor ft exp, 53.50. 
12 exp. 56-50. Send for price catalog for 
more savings, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Yankee Photo Service, Box 102CMTUL 
Bridgeport 1. Conn. 



A Triple value. Quality, price, service. 
Color nr black and White, 12 Exp. (black 

and white* 59f- 20 gift photos (l.So. HolL 
tiny photos. Dept- 16. Box 666, Denver, 
OMfl. 

A 3-In-l value, Price, quality, it r vice 
20 gilt pltoioi, ll.oo. 12 exposure rolls 
(black and while*, 59#. Color or black and 
white. Interstate Photos. Dept, 11, Box 15. 
Aurora, HL 

kod ACHROM e Processing by Kodak 
8mm. mil or 35mJn.. 2D cXp., $1 4&. Prompt 
«mce, Write lor mailers and prices 
Color Fix. Dept, F. CFO BOX 30 + Kingston. 

S Y _ __ 

TWELVE Exposure rolls 49f„ %allels 20 
for *1-00, Lincoln Studies, Dept K, Boi 

13. Lincoln. Nebi _ 

TWO Z^kT' Natural color enlargements 
only *1.00! Made from Kodacolor nega- 
tives or 35 mm color slides. Limited. 
Thrifty Dan. Box 6ft t Dept, A. Grand 

Rapids, Mich. 

ENLARGEMENTS. Heavyweight, six 5x 
7's or three flxlO's Si. 00. Jack KOoHS. 
Huntington Mills, Peima. 

FILMS— Developed and pnnted50c— 127, 
620. 120 film. Color film developed and 
printed P save 25 to 33 3 j discount on all 
color work, worlds finest quality. Send 
for mailcrs-price list. Apex Photo. Box 

511. FtolL Fenna. 

100 FHGTOSTAMFS Send any photo 
II. Refundable. Btadra. WhllesEo nc. N Y. 

SAVE 20t$O j ; On custom grade photo 
finishing. Send for brochure. Dura Color 
Lab. 742 N. Highland, Lqs Angeles 3ft. 

C alifornia. 

MOST Beautifully colored 8x10 en large - 
mem, Send favorite photo- «1,00- Fully 
guaranteed. Dick r S Studio r Louisville 12, 
Ky. 



MOTION PICTURES AND SOUND 
EQUIPMENT 



save Dollars. 16mm sound motLes 25*. 
Giill I listings. Games. Box 3243 -PM. Van 
Nuyt. C alifornia, 

SUM Movies, 50 r , comedies, cartoons, 
travel, airplanes, hunting, fishing. Lim- 
ited offer. Send $1.00 each. Movietand. 
Eos: 1 Q-M. V an Nuy s . Calif . 

WILL Fay cash or trade 16mm sound 
for 36mm. 28mm, 16 mm men’ film?- Lt*U 
free. Johnny Allen, Park Ridge. N- J, 

R06E Parade color movies. ftmm 50' 
S4 95, Complete parade 2» r $17,50. 12 

35mm color slides £2.75. Movieland. Box 
H3-M. Van Nuys. Calif 

ibMM. Sound films and equipment. 
Write, phone Entertainment Films Com- 
pany. 2Q21 Broadway, New York 23 

IGL1M. sound films. BargalrT bulletin, 
Duquette. 9T-T Fitthbufs- Mass. 

MOVIE Film! Free catalog! eso-r, 
ITth Holly. Kamss C ity 12. Mis si AirL 

15MM. Sound, proiectots, filnuT Bale. 
rejiUl. exchange. Vlsil alore or write foi 
catalog. Nadonal cinema. 71 Dey fit h Ne» 
York City- 

FREE! Blackhawk's big sale catalog 
Smm . 16mm. movies. 2"X2" color slid« 
Biggest selection anyabere! Projectors, 
cameras, supplies. Big discounts! Gel 
free, every thr^ewtckF 12-page newspaper 
*He bargain list! Blackhawk Films, Daven- 
port 14. Iowa 

5.DCH? 6-rl6MM. Mdvjc films. Fr« calp- 
i wues Inicrnatio -na l, Qreenyale N. Y 



movie camera rum- 8mm roll ft) .50. 
16mm 190' *3.M. Free procesumg Be:ter 
Films. 742 Ne* Lots. Brooklyn. N. Y. 



16 MM, Sound shorts, Tremendous assort- 
metH inttira, tift.Sft up, Ds^d 16 mm. 
sound prniftct-prs. $79.50 up Catalog. Abbe 
Films. 417 West 4ith Street , New York 
City 36. 



Id# BRINGS Big new cine manual for 
I he ftmm .-16mm. movie maker, Save money 
on fresh b&w and color movie film, all 
home processing equipment. Superior. 448 
N Wells. Chicago 10. 



If MM- Bound films, also ftmm- subjects. 
Bedner. 5300 So T&lmm. Chicago 



COLOR SLIDES 



Miss America slides. Tweniy z %2 color 
slides $5.00. Free brochure. Bos 11,7 r At- 
Tanllc City. N J. 



WESTERN Seen err. Best combination 
quality, prjeg and Individual selection 
service. Free Sifts. SlLdes 7u Columbia 
Road. Colorado Spring. Colo. 



ACCORDIONS — 1360 Models. Lowest 
□iscouni prices. Sarc up to 5ti f l . Free 
home trial. Trades accepted. Big color 
catalog free. Accordion Manufacturers, 
Dept- 20- H, j«3 Chica go. Chica go 33 

RECORDS Stereo monaural big dis- 
counts Write: Records, Bqx SU. New 
York 5. N. Y- 

BONGOS. 6" and 71^" head* two -tone 
wood 518.00 value it 0.00 postpaid. Instruc- 
tions free. Art in Music. ITU Nortnvfid. 
Brookl yn 26, He* York. 

WOOD Fifes. Send for d esc n pi log and 
prices, C. A. Sevsgny P.O- 105. Cheater. 
Conn 

ELECTRIC Guitars, amplifiers, whole- 
sale. Free -catalog. Carvin. phm, Co Tin a f 
Call!, 

BONG WRITERS. With pUblUbtf con- 
tacts, want song ideas. Share royalties. No 
fees. Send poems: Sougw rJierT Aaeoeiatca. 
1650 Broadway, New York City 19-G- 

ACCORDIGNS. Italy's beat, guaranteed, 
60 ! .f discount. Importers, 7446 East Seven 
Mile, Detroit 34. Mich. 

GUITAR Mating boots, ptaix*. imparled 
woods, tools List luf Store. 5 10 Emt I lih 
aireet New York s. N. T. 

so.vgI^kMs And lynca wanted. Mail 
to tmr«n Alley. Inc,. 1650 Broadway, 
he* Y ork 19. N Y 

FOEM3 wanted for musicaE setting ud 
recording. Send poems. Fit? examiuaLion. 
Crown Music Company. 49 -C West 32 
Ba re!. New York l 

SONGS Jnto dollars Share »3 mill ion 
dollars yearly for new songwriters, amig 
poets. Any subJrcL songs composed, pub- 
lished. promoted by 1 Ararat firm. Informa- 
tion. appraisal free. Send Nordvke Mls^c 
P ublishers. 61300 Sunset. Hollywood 28 PH, 
Cali lorhia 

POEMS Wanted Iflr musical setting and 
receding by America s largest song studio 
Send poems Free examination. Five Star 
Music MasEerv. 63 & Beacon Bullthng^ 
Hnslon. 

~ LEARN To play guTilar” accordion, piano, 
(ft lessons on records with Instruction 
book. 54 98 24 lesson*. 69-95. U S OOT’L 

approved. Vavro Institute. So. St. Paul, 
Minn. 

POEMS Wanted 1 Best songs recorded 
fret with 7- piece on-hesira. Melodies writ- 
ten. SonemQkcrs. 1472 -M Broadway. New 
Y ork 36 

POEMS Needed Imm rdlatelj for new 
songs and records. Free examination and 
appraisal- Send poems: &ongc ratters, 

Aeklen Statio n. Nashviile. Tenn^ 

SONGWRITERS — Arranging by zpeclal- 
Ists. Music set to poems, religious and 
popular Offset printing. Free lnforvna- 
tLon Music Printing Company. Dept. 
FQ- 2. 732 South She rma n, Chic ago 5. l)L 

POEMS- Bangs serviced. New plan 
Sequoia, songrlters. 6419 Primrose. Holly - 
wood ft. Calif- 



GUITAR For beginners — easy! Quality 
professional guRar. plus famous 4 Tlay-al- 
Hjnce' J course, case, music stand. Easy 
time payments. Free details. Sale. Brad- 
le> Beach 20. N. J. 

EXCELLENT New zongft from author. 2 
best copies. H-M. 3 song poems W*, J, F, 
Jacobson. 2118 CapItoL East Palo Alto, 
C*ltf -_ 

WANTED! Poem^. lyrics, songs. Free 
rhym:ng dictionary’. Bengal. 03 JefEeraon^ 
Chelsea 5 Q. gttttjj hu?etu, 



SONGWRITERS? Free, detailed mior- 
mat ion. Iris Music. Box 192, S'Jn Valley. 
California . 

PORTABLE Chord organs from distribu- 
tor.. Save Sixty chords only. Free infor- 
mation. Libra Music Center, 591-593 
Chapel St.. Hew Haven. Conn. 



radio television 

AND ELECTRONICS 



TELEVISION Interference filter 61 W 
ppd, Eiectro-Met ban leal Co,. Sprfngboro r 
Ohio 

Fit EE Flyer monthly, electronic sur- 
plus. Kurtz - . 702 Bay. Staten Island. N Y . 

15 DISTANCE On t- tube plant with 
transistor experiments, 254. Laboratories. 
1 131 -C Valois. Redwood City. California. 



FEBRUARY 1560 71 





















LEARN Television servicing- Beginners 
emne 4 lesson* <1,40. Sci em L lac- Tech r- seal 
Studies, Son 4016, Brighton Station. 
Rochester 10. N. Y. 



AMP EX Tape recorders. Component*. 
Bosnian Studio, 10 -PM Pennsylvania, 
Tuckaboe, N Y, 



FIX Your own. TV. Save ! Send 
for free illustrated chart showing how ( 
We^l include fflant electronics catalog, 
zilyinw. 220-M West « St. H New York 
City. 



tubes — TV, radio, transmuting, spe- 
cial purpose types. Bought, acid, ex- 
changed, Umised only. Send details to 
Barn Electronics Corp. . 5l2 Broadway. 
Dept. PM, New York U, N. Y. 



RECHARGEABLE Bat Eery and plug-lfi 
1 1 0 - 1 20V charger for B-VOlt pocket Irsn- 
tistor rkdi&i 14,25. Also G-lranrirtor radios 
n/cue complete $-0 . &- transistor 2-band 
|4D, Roto ken Corporation. Roppongl Bldg.. 
MikawodaE-m&ehi Mlnato-ku, Tokyo. 

dial inter-com telephone system you 

can build for few dollars. Plans £3.00. 

Gerry Miller Electronics. M anuoke; a , la. 

CASH For u*ed short-wave htm receiv- 
ers. transmitters and accessories. Treger, 
WylVJ, 2,42:1 N. Harlem Arc., Chicago 35, 
Tuxedo S-H29. 



RECORDERS, Hi-Fi. Free wholesale 
catalogue. Canton. HS-FM Eut U. New 
York City 28. 



FREE! Giant wholesale catalog on elec- 
tronics, ht-fl F translator, scientific, hobby, 
optlcs, photographic. house war**, Jewelry, 
tools, novelties, toys. Write: Lefctran, 
13 tM Everett Ave. + Chelsea 54. Ma** r 



COLORGLAZED Concrete pottery made 
without mold*. Patented method. Cemetery 
products, novelties, Ides, Basement leak* 
sealing. Money -making project*. Booklet, 
details free Men only National Potteries 
Cotnpani 1 - Grand Rapids, Minnesota. 

MAIL -Order home business- Oft free 
copy, "Make Money in Maid -Order." Mail- 
< 0 . HIT Weatwood, Dept. C?02. Lm Ajl- 

gelcs 24. 

LEARN Profess Long I TV servicing In 
one week! Fabulous new simplified, sys- 
tem- No big expense- No studying- No 
tools or equipment. Sparc, full llSC. Own 
your own big profit business! Saver Amaz- 
ing but True’ Free! Write- TV System*. 
Dept. DC-172, 1035 So. L&Brea, Loa An- 
gela 14, Calif. 

OPERATE Home mail order foho busi- 
ness. Details free. Whitaker's Service. Box 
3frfl-B, Lake Village, Arkansas. 

PATENTED Portable power spray car 
washer and supply of super detergent. 
Wash car in 5 minute*. Money back guar- 
antee 112.05 complete. No C O D. Detar- 
geni Engineering Curp.. Bor 3S4-B2, Tulsa. 
Qkla. 

WILL You test new items fn yuur horned 
Surprisingly big pay. Latest conveniences 
fur home. car. Send no money. Just your 

name. Krlstee Hi. Akron. Ohio. 

MARKETS Everywhere. Make artistic 
concrete blidbaths. pottery. Best coloring. 
Home workshop, Hundred varieties. Holly- 
wood Cetn coTcraf L . 8527-8 Wonderland, 

Hollywood 48. California. 

<250 Of. WEEK Profit po**lble- Earn at 
home spare time with fascinating printing 
method. 55 start you. Send no money 
now. Free confidential facts and valuable 
samples. Screen -Prtnt FY. Los Angeles SI. 



ATTENTION Big miulera. Proven Hat 
56 50 per ijHk Hartford, Box 127, H5ah- 
land Station. Denver ll. Colo. 

YOUR Own spare time home-operated 
business. Take over your area as our serv- 
ice distributor keeping retail stores sup- 
plied. Nationally advertised 34-ycax-old 
line pays up to S3 0.00 hour, under Si 00.00 
for merchandise gets you started^ For 
samples, highly successful plan.^trlte 
Novo, 385$ Lincoln, De sk M-flk^Chltago 1 3 . 

WANTED. Men. women. Raise bait for 
us at home. Full, spare time, nown't take 
up space, we furnish every thing. Sher- 
wood I>ep[. TJ-2, Monmouth, Maine. 

CO- PUBLISH “Home Business. Digest.'* 
Free de tails 1 GPO, Box fl72-po h New 
York 1. __ 

BIG Money in novel tie*. New easy 
method, write Breeden -Cooke. 3209 Mar- 
vin^ Overland 14. Mo, 

FREE Imports from overseas. Particu- 
lars free. B as sens Import*. 535 Fullerton, 
Chicago 14, III. 

TERRITORIES Open for Auto-Moly 
lubricant f doubles engine life). Small in- 
vestment. Build future state franchise. 
Pacific Lubricant*, 5847 -PM2 Beverly, Lfc* 
Ange les r 

FREE Brochure. My own story of "Suc- 
cess In Home Mail Order" by; Hamilton's, 
Hatch, Hey Mexico. 

COLOSSAL Earthworm reproduction 
mean* big profit*. Will explain method 
and buy crop. Earthworm book 35* and 
enforabie moneymaking proposition. Cr«L- 
wood Gardens. Bar 162, Mantua. Ohio. 

AGENTS! Penny and nlcStl counter 
and packager, accurate, fast. Sample 
II. ML Detail*. Sterling. Box 62fl. Dania. 
Florida. 

CASH From sa<adu*L tin-cans. news- 
papers. Over 200 methods. Instruction* 
81-40 Charles Company, 42-GPD. Nor- 
wood, Ohio. 

PROFITUNITY. Turning Ideas Into 
Cash" tell* how. *1.00 per copy. Satis- 
faction guaranteed. Robey House. Dept. 
1413. MM2 W. Chicago Ave.. Chicago 22, 
TIL 

12 SPINNING Lures. None better $11 .00 
value. Ml different. Send $3,00, -Quaker, 
438 &ed glcy. Phil adcl phia 40. Penn a. 

DON'T Waste money on worthless 
schemes! -to* brings a letter opener pen 
and valuable opportunities. Modem Mer- 
chandise, Bom 77531 FE. Los Angeles 7, 
Calif- 

IMPORT, Mail-order, pUstln Offered in 
new three-in- one money making opportu- 
nities. Free detail*. Trialpha. 7950 Mam- 
moth, Dept. F2G. Van Nuys„ Calif, 

Iwttk NATIONAL Mailorder business 
made easy. Individual setup service. Not 
Just Inst ructions. Hermes, 152 West 12, 
Ww York city 3ft. __ 

MA ILOBDER To" mgtf I}, Churches, |n- 
stltutlons. complete individual set -up, 
not Just instruct Ions. Hermes Advertising, 
152 West 12, New York City 36. 

QUICK Money l Repairing car batteries. 
At home! Ea*y tool Free details! Bat- 
laytnan, Penrose, Colo. 



LEARN Sewing machine repairing. To 
1125 weekly. Sparetime. Supplies. Add 
to present business. Write today 1 Tavlor 
Service, BflK^2i ;g L gan Bernard ino, Calif. 

Operate Your own bookkeeping and 
collection service Installation. Earn up 
to 125.400 nr more. Details. AlHfon. 295 
Hamilton Bird.- Kenmore l7._ N. Y. 

BARN <10,000 Yearly raising Angora 
rabbit wool for us. Information 25* coin, 
American Angora Company, Malta T7 b 
Montana, 



WHAT Is this mall order business? Get 
the one true answer. John Bishop. Bos 
153B r Qfa3 r California. 

MAI L Trade magazine has moneymaking 
opportunities galore, Sample 2**. Donovan, 
Tg-F M qreenbelt. Lev it town. New Yo ij. 

100^ PROFIT Selling reconditioned 
spark plugs*. Free sample. Lee, 160A-H 
Roberts. Housto n 3 F Team. 

FRANCHISES Make profit*! Operate 
your own independent franchised business 
as distributor, dealer nr agency owner. 
Nationwide opportunities. National Fran- 
chise Reports It the recognized source for 
information regarding the booming fran- 
chise field. Write today for Interesting 
free details of this helpful service. Na- 
tional Franchise Reports, W-53$ r 333 

North Michigan, Chicago 2 r 



TAPE Recorders. Hi-Fi components, 
sleep learning equipment > tape*. Unusual 
values. Flee catalog. Dressner, 89-02M, 
174 St.. Flushing 45. N. Y, 



LEARN While asleep with amazing 
"Electronic Educator” endless tape record- 
or. Details free. Research Association. Boa 
24-N. Olvmpla. Washington. 



GOVERNMENT Surplus radios, parts. 
Pletur* catalog 10*. Mf-Shna, Malden 4S r 
Mass. 



electric Guitars, sropUflers. whole- 
file. Free catalog- Carvm. fmr. covtoa. 
Calif. 



RADIO And TV tubes at manufacturers' 
prices! 100^ guaranteed! Brand new! No 
re-brands or nulls! United Radio, Box 
low. Newark. N. J. 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 



OPERATE Home mail-order business. 
VOAacek Printing, 4444 A 1 U!e. Ban Diego 
l7 r calif. 



MAKE Extra money — Big cash commis- 
sions plus preen Sums for you and your 
customers. Sell advertising book matches. 
Sensational new tenorama. glamour girls, 
hulbiilse*: dozen* other*- All size*. Quick 
dally sa^es ; big repeal business. Free mas- 
ter kit males selling easy. No experience 
necessary. Superior Match. Dept. MX-2£ft P 
7530 Greenwood. Chicago 19, 



PESt Control pays big money full qf 
spare time. Home*, offices, store*, fac- 
tories. pay big fee* for insect, rodent con- 
trol. $59 lob require* 50c in material, 50 
minute* time. Quick, easy to learn. Com- 
plete course leaches everything in weeks: 
pays big for a lifetime- Write for free de- 
tails, PcStnd, Dept. A -1. 6239 N. Broad- 
way. Chicago 40. Illtnola. 



IMPORT-Ex port opportunity, profitable, 
worid-wjde, mail-order business lr™t 
home, without capital: or travel abroad. 
Established world trader ships Instruc- 
tion* for no-nsk examination. Experience 
unnecessary. Free details. MclIKnger. C702. 
Los Angeles 24. 



BIO Money — Operate own fts-lt shop. 
Service household appliances, motors, 
mnwers, **w* h skate*, etc. Free bonk. 
Chr!*ty Trade* School. A-6703 r 33H Law- 
TToct. Chicago 25- 



BRUSH Fluting nut fit* for placing ar- 
ticles in the home and *hop No tanks 
necessary, silvering mirrors, spare or full 
time. Free particular!. Gunmetal Co.. 
Ave- H, Decatur, III. 



72 POPULAR MECHANICS 



START Your own buslne** on credit 
ftl-3, and Canada I. Your own boss. 1383 
dealers sold $5,000 to £33.500 In 1958. We 
supply a socks, equipment on credltr 240 
' home necessities. Bale* experience tin- 
necessary. Pleasant profitable buxine** 
backed by world- wide Industry. Write 
Rawleigh s. Dept . B U-FFM r Freeport, III. 

PROFIT With Popular Meohantci" sub- 
scription plan. No Investment, no es- 
perlenee needed. Faming* begin imme- 
diately when you obtain subscript Sobs for 
Popular Mechanic*. Good Housekeeping 
and other*. High commissions, bonus. No 
experience needed. Deal directly with the 
publisher Write Popular Mechanic*. Room 
SB 550 West 55lh Si . Np^ York 19. N . Y 

GAME Warden, government hunter, for- 
estry, nark and wildlife services announce 
Job openings. All states. Enjoy outdoor 
wf>rk. good pay, real s-peiirity. Complete 
information free! Write North American 
School Of ConservaSton, Dept- DC-172. 
1038 B. La B rt a. t>« AngFlfS 19, Calif. 

GROW Living miniature forest fonly 
inches high) or orchard that bears tasty 
tiny fruit. Learn amazing dwarfing secret*! 
Fascinating hobby! Profitable home-bn*l- 
nes* opportunity! Free *eeda and plan. 

1 Stale your age.) Miniature Nur*erle*. 
Dept FY Gardena. Californ ia. 

BUSINESS Kit freal Postcard puts you 
in business Complete line 230 shoe styles, 
jackria! New discoveries pay big commis- 
sion*. No Investment, send for free kit. 
Mas o n. Chippewa Fall* KB-3Q3. Wisconsin. 

NEW Home-Import mall order profltil- 
nltyr Your mailbox stuffed wtlh money!! 
No selling. No experience. No Investment, 
we supply everything. Free detail*. Mall 
Order Distributors (Import Division L 
15201 South B rod away, Loa Angele* B52C. 
Caltf. 



""Sfl NEW Home- Business Ideas'' book- 
let, sample free. Spray exotic Velvet- 
Suede on anything, Ftckcraft-FY, Los An- 
grit* fli 



PRACTICAL Mailorder. Start small, 
MoneTmaker (2801. 722 Ea^t Silver Spring, 
Milwaukee 17< Wiaeoniiii. 



CAN You qualify? selected men. We 
help establish floor refinlshlng builtieSs. 
Complete program. Tool Rental H 3602 
California. St Louti 14. lilMOurL 



HIGHER Income? Factj-filliCltt. De- 
la|S* ■ GrenMU*, 132-25 Wexford, Jamaica 
32. N- Y. 

HIGHEST Quality liquid rubber »Hk00 
gallon, prepaid. Free detail*. Ste«e Bros. 
B&xlTLM. SIOUX Fails, &r). D*k. 



FREE Uat needed invention*. Protection 
form. Inventor* Sale* and Engineering 
Bureau. Dept. 4£2-D, Box 49"3. Washing- 
ton & D. C- 


















FREE Fixture folder, "How to Make 
13,004 Yearly, Sparetlme, backyard, Rais- 
inf Earth worm a!” OaktiBveci-30, Cedar 
Hill. Texas. 



VENDING Machines, No soliing. Oper- 
ate a route of coin machines and earn 
amazing profits, 42-page catalogue free. 
Park. way Machine Corporation. Dept, j? 27, 
715 Emor Street. Baltimore 3 h Maryland. 



SELL Books by tna.ll. 40fr;- profit. 
Royal, Box 354-X. Cleveland 37, Ohio. 



PLASTEftCftAFT Molds. liquid rubber, 
pJa&lcrs. flocks, Candle suppUee. Catalog 
and manual free. Blue Rapids Supply, 
Blue Rapids, Kansas. 



1 Got rich in the dry Cleaning business 
ftiLh no invistment. to ean you. Free 
details , Write: Imperial School of Dry 

Cleaning. Dept, PMC 4 1740 Touhy Avenue. 
Chicago 2e, Illinois. 



STRIKE It rich Oh small home repairs 
by using «t prices. Details free. Route 
Clinic, Dept. P, 7307 Pen ton, Dallas 31, 
Texas. 



FREE! Name brands catalog f Your own 
high profit business, sell name brands, 
lull or part time. No inventory, no invest- 
ment. More than 2,004 name brand lletus; 
lowest whoJc&alE prices. Watches, Jewelry, 
cameras, hi-fi, stereo radios -phonos, up- 
pJlaueea. hpui ewarts, hardware, power 
tools, luggage, musical Instruments, garden 
epuipment, sporting goods r toys, many 
others. I floors of name brands. Million 
dollar inventory. Orders shipped complete 
in 21 hours! Send for free, beautifully 
illustrated catalog now! Separate whole- 
sale price list, H. B. Davis Corn., Dept. 
11, 145 W. 15 St- r N ew York 11, N, Y 

PLATE Baby shoes Jewelry, gifts, ErOnae 
and colored pearl, we finance home busi- 
nesses. Bootle t free. Plater, llttlfl South 
Vermont, Los Angeles 44. 



IF You like motorcycles and money then 
eend for Hariey-DHvidiOh dealership book 
on how to become a franchised dealer of 
motorcycles and a new line or motor- 
scootcrs. Here's a chance to own your 
own business with a very modest Invent - 
ment. The youth market J& beginning to 
explode and the next few years promise 
a chance to cash in on it Write for free 
illustrated dealership book today. Harley- 
Davldson Motor Company, DepL P. Mil- 
waukee 1, Wisconsin. 



BUSINESSES, Resorts, motels, in¥est- 
ment property, ranches. Our special serv- 
ice dept, at your disposal. No obligation. 
World's largest. &8 years' service, Strain 
Realty, 7-MR 5, Dearborn. Chicago 3, ILL 



BIG Money raislog liahwonns and crick- 
ets. Free literature. Carter Farms, Plains, 
Georgia . 



OPERATE Mailorder folio business. Free 
details. Ballard '3, 1834 Edge land. Louis- 
ville 4, Ky. 



f34.7ti TWO Hours. Manufacturing oon- 
crete products. No idling. Cariayne Cast- 
ings. 1&Q3 Fremopt. Rapid City. South 
Dakota. 



11,400 NEW Prospect* daily. Baby record 
books, shoes, albums. Sell mailorder. Use 
O ur literature- Write; No-Co-Ro, Capa tola. 
California . 

BRONZE Baby shoes; Instructions, 
equipment and mountings for genuine 
elect roplatlrag process. Largest supplier of 
all plating equipment, supplies. Free cata- 
log. Hollywood Bronze Supply, Dept. E-3. 
163-a East First. Los Angeles 33. Calif. 



MARE 444 From square foot plywood; 
Jigsaw nece^ary. Free details. WOOdart. 
Bridgewater Mass. 

FIX Typewriters. Free repair course. 
Home operated- Remit 25< for book ex- 
plaining free course and agency appoint- 
ment A they . Tarentum. Feima. 



OPERATE Profitable mail order busi- 
ness. Write Walter Service, 41 MA 
East 112th. Cleveland 5, Ohio. 

EARN Good money sharpening chain 
Sfiwa, scissors, cutters, knives. Free man- 
u&l. Treyeo, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 

RE-Cast Junk batteries, into new. Latest 
achievements. Battery Laboratories, Bayou 
LaBqtre. Alabama, 

BAKE New greaseless doughnuts in 
kitchen. Sell stores Free recipes. Mont- 
gomery, 36 D5 South l&th. Minneapolis 7. 
Mmnwotft 



411.00 HOUR— Home, spHrctimO, assem- 
bling pump lamps. Easy. Free details. 
Qugcr, Caldwell, Arkansas. 

PLAQUES- Figurines- molds. Free details. 
Rused . 11 95 Brooklyn, B klyn 3, N. Y. 

“MAIL Order World of Opportunities” 
Free subscription, details. GPOi Sox S72-F, 
New York L 

“FOURTEEN Magic methods for extra 
home income. Free Illustrated catalog. 
Dorgo, Bos 494. Muncle, Indiana. 



*4CO.aO MONTHLY Raising gl&nt worms. 
Odorless f cvLl 3 -pf f method. Charlie Morgan, 
BushneEl, Florida. 



BE A notary Information: Stationers. 
515 East 33rd. KOnSOi Cliy 9. Missouri r 

quick Profits* with no capital! Take 
orders for magazines your neighbors like, 
want. Make cash on the spot! We show 
how with free hit. Get yours now. Write 
McGregor Magazine Agency, Dept. 312, 
Mount Morri3, IU. 



"MAILORDER And lh? Law.” Know 
about required licenses, federal and state 
regulations, taxes, etc- Only $1.00. In- 
cluded free: "Starting a Mailorder Buri- 
n-pjj.” Dorf r 186-M Covington Lane. 

Woodbury, New Jersey. 

MAKE Flexible molds. Cast plaques, fig- 
urines. Free sample. Tooker, 1045 -R 

Fftlnlew, Hamilton, Ohio. 



ENJOY A profitable business of your 
own selling the “World 'a Most Useable 
Bible." Profit from our 26 years experi- 
ence. IntematLonel Book Company, Dept. 
U., Sox 118, Wichita 1. Kansas. 

CAN The boss? Make strange building 
plastic from waste. Economical, Bays 
Laboratory. Chirte. Arizona. 



to tiao.ua weekly, Spamtmc. home op* 
crated mailorder buslneu. successful be- 
[timer's plan. Everything supplied. Lynn., 
1043Q-U Natio BaL Loft Angeles 34. 

PIANO Tuning learned quickly at home. 
Tremendous field 1 Musical knowledge un- 
necessary Information fr«- Empire 
School of Piano Tuning, Champaign. III. 
< Founded 1B85L 



WANT To make big money at home? 
414.04 profit in an hour possible with 
invisible mending- Make tears, hales, dis- 
appear from clothing, fabrics, Steady 
year-round demand front cleaners, laun- 
dries, homes , Details free. FabrJccn. 6234 
Broadway, Chicago 44, Illinois. 



470 WEEKLY— Home, spare time, sim- 
plified mail bookkeeping. Immediate In- 
come — easy! Auditor, 34757A, Los Angeles 
34- 



I Want to lend you proof of the wonder- 
ful pulling power of Papular Mechanics 
classified pages- What's you? propositian 0 
Write me today, include literature if pos- 
sible. F. W. Johnson. Manager Classified 
Advertising, Popular Mechanics Magazine, 
2&G E. Ontario St-. Chicago 1L 111- 



COPUBLIEH Mall Bale Advertiser. lead- 
ing mall order paper. Details, latest copy, 
dime, Yanroy Shirk. Lebanon, Penna. 



CANDIED Foptorn and potato chip 
equipment. Eakins. Box 9 33 -AO, Spring - 
field. Ohio. 



LEARN Appliance service and repair. 
Motors. Wishers, refrigeration, cleaners, 
everything. Free booklet. Appliance, 11027 
Sooth Vermont, Los Angeles 44. 

RAISE RabblU on 4340 month plan. 
Free details. White’s Babbitry, ML Ver^ 
non. Ohio- 

PROFIT ABIE Home mall order busi- 
ness! Particulars free. Progressive, Box 
422-E. Raymond. N, H- 



MUSHROOMS Fabler, quicker. Cheaper. 
Magic preplanted trays. Newest facts 
free- "Mushroom Growing Handbook,' 1 
Illustrated. 96 pages. *1.85. Spawn (i.ftO. 
both *2.00. LuslIt, 641 South 19th St., 
Newark 3. N. J, 



FABULOUS Profits In ext annlnatingl 
Easy, Information, F, Breeden, 3200 Mar- 
vin , Overland 14. Mo- 



OPKRATH Your own home mail order 

business. It's pml Stable. Write: Webb 

imports, Pleo* Rivera. Calif, 



OPERATE Profitable mailorder dealer- 
ship. Nam«. circulars everything sup- 
plied. Fret details. Bernard, 113-Ff West 
44th, New York 36. 



PROFIT New easy heme mail or- 
der setup. Wme: Factory Agents Bureau, 
135 -D Liberty t New- York 6, N. Y. 

sell Book a by mail without, stock. Big 
profits. Taliaferro, 833- A Monroe, Fort 
Worth 2. Texas, 

BOSS Your own home business. Profit* 
1200T, to 3000^! Make, distribute stun- 
ning Shellcraft Jewelry, Sells Itself wher- 
ever displayed. Big repeat demand, Details 
frte: She EJ craft. Dept. A„ Boot 804, Panama 
City. Florida. ' 

WANTED: Home producers, id be sub- 
contractors. Cast plastic products for man- 
ufacturers in our clearing bcu&e service. 
Thousands of easily made Items required. 
Cash in at home, without previous experi- 
ence. Plastic Service Associates. Dept. 
2-F M EflJ t Boston 28. Massachusetts. 

4200.00 MONTHLY, Spare time. With 
fcaWes&w , bandsaw or Jlg^w. Write- Holi- 
day House. 7228 4th Plain. Vancouver, 
Warrington. 

MANUFACTURE, import toys. Vinyl 
dolls, plush animals, dollhouses. Directory. 
Be nkp. Box 168. New York CUy 21. 

Package Bulk merchandise at home. 
Hi Kb profits! Valuable franchises now 
avallabte for contract packaging, gift 
wrapping and rack merchandising. No 
wiling required! Free detail If Pc. B 01 
Sunset, Lem Angeles 12. 

JAPAN Directory. 145 Japanese manu- 
facturing exporters, Japan and Hong Kong 
trade Journal information. A? La opportu- 
nities. ll.oo today. Nippon Annat h Bon 
526-6 . Spokan e_25, Wash lug t an. 

BUY Direct from factories. Appliance 
cameras, watche*! Free details! Cam Co., 
8fllOPM-M t h Ave , Brooklyn 4, N. Y, 

EASY Handwork makes fast-sthlng ust- 
ful article*. Sample free. Sunmade Com- 
pony, Brockton 84. Massa c husetts. 

A Natural far sporting goods, boat, 
hardware, auto dealers. servLCe stations, 
am bilious individuals. Become dealer for 
nation's number one comping trailer. Sets 
up Into complete camp In Jilit one minute? 
Dealer details by return airmail. Hetme 
Trailers. 1503 South Sacramento. Lodl H 
Dallforiilq, 



SELL Popular -priced planter?, plastic 
foliage; arrangements to householders, 
stores, nl teel ubs, Institutions. In demand 
everywhere. Franchise available. Cte^e- 
smporta, 440PM52B Loral Cleveland 2. 
Ohio 



I Can make you rich with some honest 
effort and a little cash. This Is no get 
rich quick fancy. It fi s a proven fact. In- 
formation free. Write: No U-MJx Buffet 
BalOs. BOS 6923, Houston 5. Texas. 



INCREASE Your Income. Free inform*- 
Eton. ExeeElp. Box 405. Shreveport ._Lo, 

SHEET Metal bending machines. 36 dH , 
*37,00: ar F *80.00. Also made to order. 
Yyke Mfg. Co., F4158 Jason, Denver II, 
Colo-. 



OPERATE Profitable low cost mailorder 
business! Liberty, S10-FMFG Fifth Ave- 
mifr- N ew York 10, N. Y. 

CALIFORNIA Restaurants, bars, resorts, 
drive-ini, Free brf>chures. Pohaho Realty 
Company. 4fi3 East Eighth street. Chico, 
California, 



MONEYMAKING OPPORTUNITIES 



MAKE 15, DM Yearly iparetlme raising 
mins, chinchillas, nutria, etc- Free book- 
let reveals proved plans, write: Furs, 508 
Mt. Pleasant Road. Toronto i. Canada. 



START A prnfitablE subscript ion busi- 
ness In spar* timer we need men and 
women E young or old) as representative® 
for all leading national magazines. Liberal 
commissions on all subscriptions- Supplies 
free. No experience needed. Send this ad 
with your name and address to: Popular 
Mechanic s. Room 2^0, 2S0 W, 55th 

St., New York 10. N. Y. 

BUSINESS Kit free! Foetoard puti you 
In business! Complete line 230 shoe styles, 
jacket Fit New discoveries pay big commis- 
sions. No investment. Send for free kit* 
M agon, Chippewa Falls KM-3P3, Wis, 

MAKE Big easy profits making costume 
jewelry at home in spare time! Quick, easy 
to make, easier to sell! Details free! Don- 
Bar. 3511 W. Armitage, Dept, R-1&2, Chi- 
cago 47. Illinois. 



FEBRUARY 1960 



73 












INVISIBLE Repeating. ti in out hour 
possible receiving bums, lean, fflflltl* 
holes. Spa re- lull Lime Free details. Skil- 

weave. Dept- Wc-ifi2. 335 w. Madison* 

gjgg ♦ 

BIG Mflkl service 10| per month. Hart- 
ford. 2704 W. 32. Denver IX, Coin. 

YOUR Name an our giant mailing list, 
brings you moneymaking and ether mal- 
offers Kalorc! Send 254 today ! Direct Mail 
Service . Dept. PM. B fli 5$I. Bakersfield, 

California 

HU3RANO& ^ Housewives v an Led! Big 
muTtey. S 1 . 1 -are or full tune cake decorating 
and candy making- Turn your kitchen 
±nto a gold mmc. No age. education lim- 
it*. Complete instruct Son. lenm and earn 
at home. Write for free facts: Candy And 

Cake, Dept. 621L FaMbroofc, Californ ia. 

(200 .00 WEEKLY buying gold. D Amico. 

150* w. E rie at., Chicago 31. 

BOOMING Southland opportimit ies. 
Juba, business**. real estate, investments, 
retirement. Free literature. ShOrelands, 
tfl W, Jackson, Suite I4U. Chicago- 

OPERATE Rome mail-order business. 
Vqsacek Printing, 4444A Ufe, San Diego 

17. Calif 

GET Money tar neu^papef clipping. 
Free detallf. Write: Whitted-20A. 2815 
Nicholaon. Dallas 24 r Tcsji. 

GREATEST Do-il -yourself book ever 
printed. 1G.CKH3 money -making fo i-mulo* 
Free literature. Ram Low, 51 A W. 32 

El.. H ialeah _ Ft*. 

MINNOWS Make money in your back- 
yard OT farm pond — if you *Lart right. 
Send for ill lLe If a red booklet “Minnow 
Raiding Hit* and Misses " ti.oc postpaid 
Daniel Minnow Ranch. Bos 9247-B. Fort 

Worth, Ttxi i, 

BIG Money- No Selling. Free details, 
Delco a. 5Si a Warrington. Philadelphia 43. 

PROF IT A BL E Hd mew Of k ! G uarant eed 
earnings. No selling. Everything supplied. 
Elv ee. 556 Beaonn. Ma ncheste r. N. H. 

MINK Raising information free. Com- 
plete. Lake Superior Mink Farm, Superior, 
EEL, Wisconsin. 

YENDINO Machines. No selling Dper- 
ate a ruulc oC coin machines and earn 
amazing profits. 32- page catalogue free. 
Parkway Machine Corporation, Dept, if 26, 
7L5 Ejisor Street. Baltimore 2. Maryland. 

GROW Mushrooms. Cellar shed" and 
outdoors. Spare, lull time, year round. We 
pay 44.50 lb. dried. We have 29,0*0 cus- 
tomers. Free book. Mushrooms Dept. I 
173. Admiral Way. Seattle. Wash. 

CiOARFTTES Make 20 plain or filter- 
tips for Facta free. Moberly, Boa 821. 
Oweti^boro, Kentuck y. 

EARN Money evensngs copying and 
duplicating comic Cartoons (nr advertisers. 
Adspniix, Ar gyle I, Wiscon sin, 

YOUR Own. eo*v- to- start, home mail- 
order business, spa red me. Fascinating: 
pidlUblc! Information fr«. AlfflilO. 19- 
PM Fine. Plaster , H J 

BIG liftboy raising fishwormi. and 
cricket*. Free literature. Carter Hatchery* 
Plains, Georgia. 

READ ""Progressive Mmltride." the 
magazine that tell* how to make money by 
mall Quarter brings sample and special 

direr. Progressive Mallrrsde, Box 337. 
Sheboygan, Wisco nsi n. __ 

WIN Contest money. General Contest 
Bulletin gives hundreds of tips. Lists cur- 
rent wnteeta, rules. Sample magazine 35*- 
Generil Contests. I8 (H 5 j East Bth, Duluth 
13. Minnesota 

AMAZING Successes th rough franchises f 
Become exclusive franchise holder your ter- 
ritory- Information rushed. National Fran- 
chise Reports. MF^SM 333 North Michigan. 
Chicago 1. 

START Big-pay business at home in 
spare lime, No experience needed to op- 
erate little table -top machine for bronzing 
baby shoes- Make 15.46 profit on every 
pair Full rtaHtduE&rr tree Seed postcard 
to Mason. 1512 Jarvis, Room CM-2-A. 
Chicago 26, HL 

BfES — Women I Start money -making 
plastic laminating business at home in 
spare time. Material that costs m brings 
book 42-50- Na canvassing or selling but 
mall orders bring In *20 a day. Write for 
full particulars free. Rush name on peat- 
card to Warner, Room CL -2- A, 1512 Jarvis, 
Chicago 28. IlL 



74 POPULAR MECHANICS 



EASY To start rubber stamp busmen at 
home in spare time. Make up to IS. 80 an 
hour without experience. Facts free. Write 
to Roberts, 1512 Jarvis, Room CR-2-A, 
Chicago 26 

SELL Dia reunite gems, more brilliant 
than diamonds. Credit arranged, catalog 
IQ*. D Inman Lie, 2420- M THU. Oakland 5. 
California- _ 

MAKE Money writing short paragraphs!: 
No tedious study, I tell you what tc ft rite, 
where and how to sell: and supply Hat of 
editors buy in a from begmners- Many small 
checks add up quickly. Write to sell, right 
aa-ay. Send for free fasts , Benson Barrett. 
Dept. C -27 - N ,7464 Clark, Chicago 36. 

in 1952 r ft as unem ployed, broke. Today 
<™n 413,0*0 home, drive Cadillac, have 
bank account. Anyone can do this. Write 
Norris Cole. 317 West 4*th. Bradenton. 
Florida 

BTC Mall kit contains "Cream of Crop" 
plans, ideas, special offers, for starting 
successful home moneymaking business! 
Detail* rushed freer Direct Mail Service, 
B a* 581 -PM, Bakersfield, California. 



OPERATE Profitable home import busi- 
ness! Detail* free. Direct Mail Service 
Cuhipani'. Box 581. Bakersfield 10, calif. 

4340-0* MONTHLY With jigsaw. Details. 
Elkman, 345F North Summit, Elous Falls. 
Sc. Dak. 

LEARN Appliance service and repair. 
Motor a. washers, refrigeration, cleaner*, 
everything. Free booklet. Appliance, 
11027 South Vermont. Lps Angeles 44 

SHELLCRAFT Brings high profits! In- 
structions 41. Write for detail*. You'll be 
surprised! Tropical Shelleraft. Mont verde. 
Florida. 

"HOW To Make More Money' —Jabs, 
businesses, investments. Free literature- 
Shorelandij, 30 W Jackin. Suite 1413-K. 
Chicago 4. 

$50,000 YEARLY PosztblA Distribute 
sales literature your territory. Write Afja. 
Box 33 -D. Southfield, Michigan. 

MAKE This product at home. Good de- 
mand. high profit, can be sold by mall. 
Tested plan SI. 00. Travis, 140 E. Nevada, 
Detroit 3. Michigan^ 

START Your own profitable mailorder 
business ftirh step-by-step instruction 
folio, continued personal assistance, and 
twelve fact -filled monthly bulletins. $5.00 
complete, *2.M folio only. Free details. 
Clark. Bos 2513 Nat Si a.. Springfield.. 
MlHOurl. 

T2 MONEY Making opportunitlB. Folio 
1 3.00, Details free. Cappazzqli. 337 Fourth. 
Jersey City, New Jersey. 

BUILD Dutch windmill and wishing 
well dog house*. Two plans $1.00. Craft 
Shop, Fvotone. Illinois. 

*20 DAILY Spare time plating baby 
shoes, novelties, Jewelry, start with 13.00 
refundable Investment. Free retails- JO- 
CA Elec trap] ater, 7540-D Northwest BtKth 
Court. Miami 50. Florida. 

A Natural for sporting goods, boat., 
hardware, auto dealers, service stations, 
ambitious individuals. Become dealer for 
nation’s number one camping trailer. Sets 
up into complete tamp in Just one minute! 
Dealer details by return airmail. Hell tie 
Trailers, 1504 South S&cralfirhift, Lodi, 
California. 

EXPORT — IMPORT 

0 (RECTORY Lilting over 3 *q selected 
firms in 50 foreign countries exporting 
gifts, novelties, amazing money making 
offers, $U50. Imports Unlimited, 3916 
California Street. San Francisco tl, 

PROFITABLE Import*. Japan, contacts, 
*1.0*. Barnards. 1081 GIL wood , La Puente. 
California. 

FORMULAS, PLANS. ETC. 

RESILVER Mirrors — make one-way mir- 
rors. Both *1.00. Ketn-Mlr. Park Ridge 
imports. 

OPPORTUNITIES. Unlimited ? Worlds 
finest formulas. Product development. 
Analysis. Monthly product report Excit- 
ing detail*, free- Alpha-Midwest. LaPorte. 
Indiana. 



LATE, Modern manufacturing Loren ula*. 
List free. Moon Chemical, MariPlhe, New 
York, _ _ _ 

FORMULAS For latest money -making 
discoveries. New! Good! valuable litera- 
ture free! Milter, Chemist, 1517 -D, Tampa. 
Florida. _ 

FORMULAS; AIL kinds, latest, best. Lit- 
erature Iree. Keni.ix.ii3, Park Ridge, III. 



PLASTICS 

NEW Liquid casting plastic, clear. col- 
ors. Embed real flowers, butterflies, pho- 
tos. coins. Send 254 for two handbooks 
"Mow to Cast Liquid Plasties*' a ad "How 
to Make Extra Money at Home." Casta- 
Lite, Dept. B-101. Woodstock, Illinois. 

Laminating supplies. Price list free. 
Solotnaon, 4 BeachOm. Everett 49, Mass. 

SIMPLIFIED Flaalic molding, repairing, 
trial unit *2.00, Nnllmark Dental Co.. 
Boa 13-24. Detroi t 31, Mich. 

LEARN Plastics fabrication lor spare 
time income. Low cost home training now 
available. Write for free booklet, inter- 
state Training Service* Dept. D-3, Port- 
land 12. Oregon. 

BOXES. Plastic, Free list. Althor. 170 
Bay 23 street. .Brooklyn » N. Y. 

FLA STIC And supplies tot laminaling. 
COlflinco, 12 C enter. New Haven. Conn- 

DO-lt-yourself casting, molding, model- 
ing plastios. Clear color*, occcssorioi. 
No experience or machinery Necessary. 
£4 page c-iUEilug 26<. Casta-craft Corp.. 
DepL. A-23, P.-Q. Box 5S5 P Palo Alto, 
California. 

PLASTICS— Flex Igl a*, polyester, fiber- 
fflass, acetate, vinyl Jte h supplLB. Manu- 
facturers' distributor, sheets, rods, tube*. 
llQUtds. coating*, film a. boat plastics. 
Large, small quantities. Complete instruc- 
tive eaiaolg. 254. G cm -O- Lite. 5529-A 
Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood. Calif, 

ELECTRIC Laminating kit. Pleasure". 
Profitable. Detail*. Burr, 330 East Center. 
Kalamazoo. Mich. 

CELLULOID Scrap. Sheets, state thick- 
ness, -colors. Celluloid, Box 333. Kearney. 
New Jersey, 

REPAIR Fal*e teeth yourself. Special, 
new professional plastic. S3-.D* postpaid. 
Guaranteed. Grant Dental Laboratory. 219 
W. 7th at., Los Angeles. Ca lif. 

PLEXIGLAS— i Si* $1.25; V+* $1.13 sq.ft, 
Sheets, rods, tubings, fabricating. Cata- 
log I5* a Ploatlc Shop. 2*25 Nevada. Butte, 
Montana. 

■ EVERYTHING In plasties-. Catalog 254. 
Get. Bo* 261. Union, N. J. 

CHEMISTRY 



RADIOACTIVE Isotope experiments — 
New. 16 for 6*#. Atomic RBcarchlab, 
10717 Venice, Los Angeles 34 a Caht 

AMAZING New book of science experi- 
ments. formulas, and catalogue of labora- 
tory Supplies. Only 35tf. National Scientific 
Co., 13 Park Avenue. Dept. PM -2, 
Lombar d, fflttg. 

SMALL Quantity chemicals. Apparatus, 
glass-ware, biology juppllea. Illustrated 
tatalog 35*. Bio Chemical Products. Bum- 
erset. Belmont, Massachusetts. 

HOCICRT Supplies fay amateur rocketry. 
Catalog 254, Mervln Hill Company, Bolta 
Fennsylvaol*. 

MICROBCOPE Slides, anatomical. Free 
list. Bay, 409 Roosevelt, San Francisco 14. 
Caltfbmla - 

CHEMICALS And apparatus for indui- 
trial, analytical, and private lu bora tone*. 
Catalog 25c. Dept- M-59. Biolofftcal Sup- 
ply Co.. llTfl Mt, Hope Ave. t Rochester 
20. N- Y 

ILLUSTRATED Catalog: Chemistry. 

mineralogy, biology 25*. Tracey Lahore - 
torle*. Evanston, Illinois. 

" "CHEMISTRY, Microsqnplc. Insect, but- 
terflles. rock^. mineral*. 3ete complete r 
Literature. Amateur Chemist and Mlcra- 
biologiiit, 203 East Eleventh, Kansas City, 
Mo. 

NEW 52 Page science catalog. Price* 
reduced 3(Fv . Catalog 254. Winn Chem- 
icals. 1S4M West 23 at.. Ne* York If 









1 'EXPERIMENTS In Pyrdlechny. 1 ' Book 
o t fireworks-typc experiments, plus elec- 
trical detonator plans. $1.00. Dtbrc Co., 
papL PM, Box g» r goggflgd, Minn, 

EXPERIMENTERS: — H 'Terriflc Bar- 
gains' 1 scientific catalog, 35*. Hagen ow 
Laboratories. Mfliumwoc. Wisconsin, 



AGENTS WANTED 



make ll.-DOd Estra thl* reart over 000 
be*t-*eHing items r Gift* for men, women* 
children, the Hornet DisLinetiv er greeting 
cards, stationery, Jeweiry , eoemetlc£. me- 
chanical gadgets, novelties, household 
help*, toy*, fames. No minimum order, 
samples on approval. Make up 10 &3 ft 
profit! Write lor free catalog. Greetings 
Unlimited, 6-146 Park Square, St. Paul 
1, M inn. 

BIG Profits. Sell proven family medi- 
cation. Low wholesale prices. Free sample. 
Porter's „ Box P-flQT, Fi qua. Ohio. 

TERRIFIC Moneymaker. Lumar floor 
finish ends waging forever. Detail!)-. 
Lumar. 25 Chiton. West Hartford T, Conn. 

agents — aoo* ' € Profit selling genuine 

gold Window let Lets: stores and offiee*- 
Free -samples. Metallic sign Letter Co.. 
1217-0 West Newport. Chic ago _ 

FREE Sales kit, fire exringulsher- 
hurglar alarms. Nieman Safety Products, 
£5P south 3rd at. . Brooklyn 11, N. Y . 

EARN $3.00 Per hour writing orders. 
Steele. 2322 Bt. Albans. Philadelphia 46, 
Penn a. 



CLEANS Windows without mef-*. 
Strange dry cleaning -cloth. Replaces liq- 
uids. windows gleam. Samples gent on 
trial- Krlstee 70, Akro n. Ohio. _ 

MEN! Women! 60ft profit on cwmetlcG. 
Famous nationally advertised Hollywood 
cosmetics pay 60ft. MHte (25 day up. 
Hire other*. For free sample*. details, 
write Studio Girl. Glendale. California, 
Dept. 1302 J. 

BIG Earnings selling amazing floor 
treat ment*. business flnns. factories, insti- 
tutions, Exclusive territory- Free sale* kit 
offer. Sheridan Chemicals, 1417 Sheridan 
Street. CamdctJ 4, N, J. 

BE The Popular Mechanics representa- 
tive in your neighborhood and earn big 
profits In your spare time. Write Popular 
Mechanics. Room 2- A, 250 West 55 th 
St.. New York l&. N- Y. 



BUSINESS Kit free! Postcard puts you 
in business \ Complete Hue 230 shoe styles, 
jackets! New discoveries pay big commis- 
sions. No investment, Send for free kit. 
Mason. Chippew a Falls f£ A -303, Wisconsin. 

NEW Baby bib. Delights parental Fast- 
err Safer! Slips on! No strings to tie! 
Sample 11.00- Excellent profit*. Details 
free. Buddy Bib Co.. Bos 177-E, Sidney. 
Qfaitt. 

START Your own International Shop- 
ping Service. Offer unique foreign Im- 
port? at amazing discounts. Capital un- 
necessary, Free details. Bennett. 05S-C. 
52 nd. Brooklyn 19. N Y 

GOLD Or si Iyer letters, numbers. Win- 
dows, doors, trucks. 1"' to fi". 500ft. profit. 
Free sample*. Atla*. Box 643-T. Oak Lawn, 
IB. 



EVERY Man a prospect. Request re- 
fundable sales kit offer showing line of 
belt buckles, tie clasp*, money clips, cuff 
links., lapels., individualized with custom- 
er's name and emblems. sUso cap badges 
for trucking, bus. t-oXl, police, firemen. 
Choke 3.000 emblems. Hook -Fast. Box 
1425PM , Provi dence, R. 1. 

RUN A spare-time greeting card and 
rift shop at home. Show friends samples 
of pur wonderful new l&fiO all -occasion 
greeting card* and gifts. Take their or- 
ders and earn Up to 100ft profit. No ex- 
perience necessary, Costa nothing to try. 
Write today for samples on approval. 
Regal Greetings, Dept, 60, FemdgJe, Mkh, 

BIG Profits. Stamp social security 
plates, key protectors. Sample 60 e. Cata- 
log free. General Products, UBS- PM State. 
Albany 10, N. Y 



MEXICAN Art goods! Free sample! 
Send I4(i stamps mailing. Sylvlak.. A part a du 
MM, Mexico City. 



PRINTING, Advertising talesmen— Ex- 
cellent moneymaking sideline Miliar de- 
calcomania name plates, small push titles. 
Automobile initials . sign letters. Free 
samples. Rako, XL. Boston 19. Mass, 



your Ad in this space will get some 
gpcjd agents lor you. Yes, I'll prove It. 
Write for Folder ,d A’ F right now. F, w. 
Johnson h Classified Advertising Manager. 
Popular Mechanic* Magazine, 200 E. On - 
tarle efc., Chicago ll. ffl. 

SELL Champion, AC. Autollte spark 
plug*, Reconditioned * electroplated, guar- 
anteed ID .000 miles. lOQft profit Fr« 
sample. Lee Plugs, 1G0&-E Roberts, Hong- 
ton 3, Teacas. 



YOUR own business — Used suits $i.$0; 
overcoats 65(!; mackinaws 35*; shoe* 1 

ladies- coat* 30 4: dresses 15$, Enormous 
profits, Catalog free. National Mall Order. 
2IJ1-AA Roosevelt ft Pad, Chicag o a, i ll. 

M AGENTS Wanted: We will set, you up In 
business . weU-fcno^n company with over 
thirty years experience will supply valu- 
able made-up sample line to responsible 
men. s*ll from our huge stock* of blan- 
kets. hosiery, sweaters, underwear, troup- 
ers, shirts, jackets, slacks, etc. Liberal 
commission, steady repeat buslnes*. Qual- 
ity guaranteed. Territory open la north 
central and north west states only, Write: 
star woolen Company, Fergus Foils. Minn. 

$1,000.00 A Month for making dramatic 
J -second demonstration of amazing light- 
weight Presto Fire Extinguisher. New 
chemical used by airforce snuffs out fire* 
instantly. Only $4.95. Terrific commis- 
sions. Millions want it. Free kit. Merilte, 
in E 1 32nd. Dept . F- 66K, New York 16. 

SEEKING New products? Get my out- 
fit 47 moneymaking spec ltd tie*, Latest 
conveniences for home, oar. Send no 
money. Just your name. Krister 71. Akron, 
Ohio. 



SPARE Time booksellers earn money— 
without investment! Countrywide, 129 -M 
Bella Y lsta. Tuckaftoe, New York. 

DON'T Miss our ad under "Salesmen 
Wanted ,n In this ma gazine. Nation a l Pre ss. 

SELL TO doctor*, clinics, hospitals. Ex- 
clusive new device for removing ortho- 
pedic casts quickly, painlessly. Liberal 
commission. Automatic repeat business. 
Protected territories open. Has toff. Inc., 
41)24 Gr eenville. Da l l a* fl, Texas. 

AGENTS Make big profits oh new auto- 
motive soldering tool. Bell car owner*, 
mechanics. Free details. C- Hobbs. Sfl 
Tower Lane. Dayton 3. Ohio. 



ENJOY Camping: Make big profits while 
you play, with Hellhte Camping Trailer 
dealer franchise. Sets up into complete 
camp in Just one minute: attracts crowds 
wherever shown! Write for dealer pro- 
gram. Hehite Trailers. 1503 South Sacra- 
mento. Lodi, California. 



Wanted. Fire extinguisher salesman. 
Huge profits. Out-O-Matlc, 1WL E. Slat 
Ave. , Denver, Colo. 



BUY IT WHOLESALE 



JUST Out! New OM-page, illustrated 
catalog offering savings up to 90ft on 
over lOO, Q0C auto pans and accessaries, 
many hand to get. AH make* U92D to 
I960 models L truck*, foreign and 9 port* 
ear*. Also Hollywood accessories, custom 
styling, hk-speed equipment Send 25< lor 
postage, packing, Refundable on first or- 
der. Whitney, 1 919 -FA Areher. Chicago 
16, III 



NEW Multicolor Wholesale catalog, auto- 
mobile catalog, and other* Houitwares. 
appliances, refriRcrato-rs. freezers, wash- 
er*. dryer*, television, radios, furniture, 
clothing, luggage, binoculars, photograph*, 
recorder*, camera*, projectors, typewrit- 
ers, seeing machines, power tool*, toys, 
sporting goods, matches, Jewelry. Name 
brands. Huge discounts. Postcard;: Sel- 
by cd, Decatur, 153, Illinois. 



HANDMADE Western boots. Free eate- 
]&g, Yiletft Boot*. Box Y*Ieta fita- 

tfcrn, El PASO, Texas. 



SAVE During i960. lfiGO wholesale cata- 
log Si. GO peer paid Ben -Art Specialties, 
2231 Vicky Avenue. Columbus, Georgia. 



WALLETS — Quality leather! Block L 
brown. $1.26. LoBril3o h 3546 Central, Chi- 
cago 34. lUlnole. 



MACHfNELESB Laminating kits, whole* 
tale. 2 kit* $1.00. 10 for <3-60. William 
Panek. 2280 Wyandotte, Detroi t 12, Mkh. 

FOUR Different wholesale catalogs plus 
$1..M cierehaodl*e certificate- 41.00. 
Hanks, Weott, C*liJoraia. 



FREE Wholesale catalog! Appliances, 
hcusevi-ares, 2b{. Rsfundabte- French"*, 
1304 23 rd at., L ouisv ille !□. Ken Lucky - 

Lowest Priced catalog on market to- 
day, Nationally advertised brands, Cala- 
lug fl.QO. Smith Soles Co.. R-3 Meadow 

Pr, F Clay. N. Y. 

Than wholesale. Humorous etudto 
greeting cards, western, etc. Fifteen as- 
sorted fl.Qfl. McLean's, 2703 E. Third. 

Denv er 6, Colorado. 

CLOTHING. Appliances etc- ! Free cata- 
log Offer! United Wholesaler, 1HS5-M 
Broadway , New Yc-rk 1. N- Y. 

WHOLESALE! World* largest supply. 
Buy from 257 American, European, Japa- 
nese WhOlCialer*. Tailormacle suit? from 
Hongkong. Free details, Incernaiional 
Buyero, Blfi- B JM Jaek&pn, Chicago 6. DL 

WHOLESALE Catalogs; clarified dlree- 
tory listing 115 firms, <1.00. Qzeo. Canaan, 
Connecticut 



BUY At discount price*. Huge saving* 
tool*, jewelry, toys, g»mes Catalog 100. 
MoClelf , 105- AB. Canal, Ne^~ York City 2. 

WHOLESALE: @50,000 Item*. Supply 

source directory 25 f. Ideoler. Park Rldge r 
Illincla. 



ELECTRIC Guitar*, amplifiers h whole- 
sale. Free calaiog. Carvin, PMW. Covina. 
Calif. 



BUY Wholesale; ;QO r H>0 nationally ad- 
vertised products. Appl lances, cameras. 
Sporllng goods, hoinseWaret, batches, lyp£- 
wrilerB tool*, clothing, etc. Discounts %q 
OOftf. Buy- Rite, Bok 25&, Hawthorne S F 
New Jersey. 

USED And new waEchss <2 up. Free Uet. 
South L-m Watches, 5 -PM So. Wabash, Chi- 
3_, __ 

LARGEST Wholesale supply source In 
U.Sri Furniture* clothing, appliances, 
huu-wware*, autflmobile.s and accessories, 
tools, suorting good*, hobby *upplle* h farm 
equipment, imports, new products, bargain 
merchandise. Free detail*. Associated 
Wholesaler*. Box 2QQB-DD, Sioux City 4, 
Iowa. 

BUY Nationally advertised products at 
discounts to 60ft. Appliance*, watches, 
carnet a*, clothing, house ware* > jewelry, 
toys, typewriters, tools, etc. Stephens. 
Dirtilbutlnu Co., Box 1434. Atlanta l, on. 



SALESMEN— DISTRIBUTORS 



MAKE Up to B50.0ti a day soliciting 
delinquent accuLmls. Terrific commission** 
Write today. General Finance. 3D4V Pick- 
W lek Bl dg., Kansas City 6, Mo. 

MAKE Ext ra. money — Big cash commis- 
sions plu* premium* for you and your 
customers. Sell advertising book matches. 
Sensational new fenarama. giamotir girls, 
hillbillies: dozens other*. All sizes. Quick 
daily saies; big repeat business. Free 
master kit makes sol Ling easy, No experi- 
ence necessary . Superior Match. Dept, 
M-2G0. 7530 Greenwood, Chicago 1A- 

MaKE Extra money seliing advertising 
match books. Free cat nl &e and sales outfit. 
M atcheorp.. Dept. FM-20. Chicago 32. 

GET New shirt outfit tree; make M0.M 
weekly on 5 arer&ge order* a day. Famous 
quality mSpde-to-meaEure dress and sport- 
shirts at *3.05 up sell fast to all men. No 
experience needed. Full or part time. 
Write: Packard Shirt Co-, Dept. l£9. Terre 
Haute, lad, 

OWN Franchised Import business With- 
out any capital- Make good profit and 
many f r Lends by handling ouf custom - 
tai Sored suit* for women and men. British 
and Italian fabrics, superb tailoring, 
American or French £a*hion& at unbe- 
lievable Sow export prices. Dept, RS-3 
Transpacific Enl rep rises, P.O. Box 3007,, 
Hongkong. 

WILL You wear new suit* and topcoats 
without one penny cost and agree to *how 
them to friends? You can make up to 
$50.(N In a day even In spare time, with- 
out canvassing. Pioneer Tailoring CO-. 
Congress * Throop &t*., Dept. C-1226. 
Chicago 7, III. 

MAKE Money selling sensational dwarf 
tree* — Bear giant -size apples, peaches, 
pears. Ornamental. Also 3tark -Burbank 
standard trees, roses, shrubs, vines, etc. 
Outfit free, Stark, Dept. 30120 . Loutlana, 
Missouri, 



FEBRUARY I960 75 








business Kit freer Po?tc*rd put? you 
in business! Complete line 230 &hoe styles, 
jackets! New discoveries pay big tammis- 
sions. No investment. Send lor free Jut. 
Mason. Chi ppewa Falls KS-3fl3 r Wisconsin . 

I LL Send you free stocking sample new- 
est advancement in hosiery since nylon - 
Patented, lull -length. Siayt up over-lhe- 
knce without supporters without girdle? 
Nationally advertised price 41.95. Make 

money introducing 10 friend* at tlOG pair. 
American Mills. Dept 351, Indianapolis 

ImL _ 

POCKET Knive*. pistols. novelties. 
CAtalOB available- Jones Import Cd M 931 

Gervals, Columbia, S. C. 

MAKE - Up to 456700 a clay sobciunK de- 
linquent accounts- Terrific cammissiQiis. 
Write today. National Credit, 301 Y Pick- 
wick Bldg., Kansas City 5. Mo. 

SALESMEN. Elc money showing nation- 
ally advertised Doun -Spout -0-Matle sen- 
sation wherever sboun. At laches to all 
down spouts. uncoil? when It rain?, recoils 
after It rains. Once in a lifetime item. 
Dry basements guarani eed. Commission? 
advanced. Special sample offer. 

bell Co., Rochelle 63. lilinois. 

SERVICE Your area. Agents, dealer?, 
farmers make £125 up weekly distributing 
nationally advertised Campbell's Gro- 
Green Liquid and JOtT* soluble crystal fer- 
tilizer tunc eni rates. No investment. Dem- 
onstrating kit furnished Campbell Co., 

(Est . 1B2B I. Rochelle 5. Ill, 

YOUR Free copy of world's biggest sales 
magezltie tells you how and where id 
make more money on your own in selling. 
Write Specialty Salman Magazine. Desk 
5B, 3 07 North Mich igan . Chicago 1, 

IF You're interested in making money 
in selling, s-ce the hundreds of exceptional 
opportunities In Salesmen's Opportunity 
Magazine. Send name for your copy, ab- 
solutely free. Tell us what you're selling 
now. Opportunity. 8-I& N, Dearborn, Dept, 
17. Chicago 10, miau l s. 

SELL The hottest line of fishing tackle 
in iSGO. Over 40 hems. Free details. Sem- 
ples H.50 value. $2. (ML Fat's Fishing 
Tackle, Boa: I64-F, Sheboygan, Wiscon sin . 

JOBBERS. Distributors, salespeople. 
Buy direct from mailUlaclUter. Finest 
Austrian Aurora Borealis crystal jcvclry. 
Sample necklace and earring £3 OT. 
Borne ki Jewelry Manufacturers, Box 2016- 

Noble, Bridgeport. Conn . 

ANYONE Can sell famous Hoover uni- 
form* for beauty shops, waitresses, nurses, 
doctors, others. Miracle fabric*— nylon,, 
dacron, wash n wear cottons. Exclusive 
styles, top quality. Big income, real fu- 
ture. Equipment free. Hoover. Dept. B-iG0 r 

Ne w York 11. N. Y. 

si .000 on A Month for making dramatic 
3 -second demons! ration of ambling light- 
weight Preitu fire extlngutaher. New 
chemical used by airforce snuffs out fives 
instantly. Only £4.95 Terri lie tommls- 
sions. Mill ion* want It, Free kh, Merino, 
111 E. 32nd, Dept . F-6EK . New York 16. 

DO You sill from your ear or truck. 
Big profits in selling cleaning polishing 
cloths sets. Sample prepaid £1,00. Re- 
funded on first wholesale order. Meyer 
Company. Bos 368 Galesburg. 111. 

*5.000.00 SALES Talk now available On 
LF record. Elmer wheeler. America's -1 
salesman, reveals selling secret s that made 
him a millionaire. Free information. 
Master Product Ions. Eos 7067. Long Beach. 
California. 

EARN Bid commission full or part Lima.. 
Build profitable bustnes* ol your oun sell- 
ing America's largest line low priced busi- 
ness printing. 360 pa#e catalog- samples, 
hundreds, of items u yea daily by business 
people. Imprinted ban pens low- a* £3 95 
for IU0. Calendars low as 45 95 for 1M. 
Fre* sales tit. National Press. Dept. B, 
Non h Chi cago. Illinois. 

" new Exclusive opportunity, 30 natural 
foods In each tablet l 360 l ablet 5 44-50. 
Your cos! £2.70. Mason Formula Company, 
Los. Angeles 3ft. Califo rnia. 

SALESMEN And distributors, full or 
l*art lime, sell outdoor advertising pen- 
nants. Write: R adder Product*. BON 31. 
Colvin Station. Syracuse 5. New York, 



EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION 



HOTEL Employment in Florida. Details 
fret. Fairbrother, 710 Dora Street, Jack- 
sonville f Florida. 



76 POPULAR MECHANICS 



DETROIT Classified^ $1,00. Airmail, 
I2M J, Brown. Bbi 772, Ut. Clemens, 
Mich. 



want A good oversea* or stateside job 
with higher pay? Transportation paid. 
Men* women. Free Information. Employ- 
ment Headquarter*. 79 wail Street, Dept. 
B-5. New York 5. 



EXECUTIVE Recruit lug companies seek 
personnel. Send them your quail fLest ions 
for free consideration. Exclusive. nation- 
wide list, over 85 recruiting ors an kza turns, 
only £3.00. Execald. Box 2647. New York 
17. N, Y 



U. 3. A.. Foreign jobs, up to S15W.D0 
monthly. Construction, clerical . super- 
visory. eiq. Skilled, unskilled. Free trans- 
portation, Unusual opportunities, Com- 
plete Information plus worldwide project 
listings- onty £3 00 (*225 airmailed 1 , 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Ihtematiqnal 
Reports, Dept. H. P.O. Bon 62i. san Jos* 
fi. CaJjfernift 



CALIFORNIA Employment and business 
opportunist's. Sf.00. Barnard, IMI Gil- 
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Elias Howe, son of an American farmer, 
conceived the idea that resulted in the lock- 
stitch sewing machine. Nobody thought of 

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One of the highlights of the recent Light exposed or concealed. Both fluorescent and 
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Tire has replaceable treads i Martial International Con?- 29 

E. 6 1st Street, New York 21. N. Y.}.,..,. .402 

Adult view for kiddles {DaVee M tg- Co,. Frewsburg, M. Y 4 . . 402 
Trailer train dumps to cither side while moving ( Differed Lial 

Co . Ptndlajf, Ohio) - 415 

Tilted rack a double parking lot capacity i All American Engr. 
CO-. Box 1247. Dupont Airport. Wilmington 3, Delaware). . . .133 

Cart that live in glass houses I Metropolitan Greenhouse Mfg. 
cerp., Brooklyn, N. Y.l — , 146 



Bus for sightseers recalls ye&ierytar. . ,......, .. . , . . ........ , 456 

Mobil# theater fills small Tan. ............ ,160 

Rear axie assembly guides long trailers t Pollack Industries 
lac.* South Ketm gt r . Potts Sown, Pa.) . . . 160 

Variable^ pitch truck fan. ,.*.*,„ r . rik „**.****.* t *«* 1 **»* i h ,172 



Aviation 

Remotely-controlled helicopter lines torpedo, ....... 401 

Army's nylhg platform is Jeep of the air. . . ......... , .314 

Lightweight Beryllium latest me Cal for industry (Lyle M 
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Hawthorne, California) . . . , r . * , r ......... r ..,,,., , . . , r . - . . . 143 

Airborne nurses train in water. . P + . + . ... ++ .... , .144 

"Hound Dog"' hangs under wing of huge air force bomber 
(North American Aviation 3 453 

No confusion here when crews "■scramble 1 * 161 



Construction 

WMwt light pale? made af concrete (Concrete Technology, 
Inc,. 1123 Port of Tacoma Rd . Tacoma. Wash)... .120 



Revolving hotel ...... . . ........... 131 

Form simplifies concrete pouring i Bob Loras Corp-, £G"9 W. 
Flagler Si. Miami. Fla,* 142 

Armor-like visors to regulate flow of Dutch river. „ + 445 

School's circular library standi on stilts. ........ ....147 

One man operates gold lUN^,****,,,** ****** 459 



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Aluminum pipe Welded quickly by machine ,..........<......,109 

Assembly line packs herring In soviet shEp. . + . „ . + s „ + „ ++ ,169 

Vinyl molds produce ine-t pensive stone i Precast Building Sec- 
tions Inc., of New Hyde Park, N, Y.l .120 

Transistor radio-phonograph . . . . .121 

Rod rest lor angler ( Dayton Bait Co.. 2701 S. Dixie Drive, 
Dayton 9. Ohio) lit 

Push-pull train has extra cabs. ............ ............. 426 

Flectric dial switch locks ears and power tools i Electric Dial. 

Inc,, 7039 Sunset Bird,, Hollywood 26. Calif 4 . 136 

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Flash unit is rechargeable I Allied Impex Corp.. 3M Fourth 

Are.. New York 10, N. Y.l - . 137 

Mouthpiece flashlight. Hand-I-Like, Ecnco Plastics. Walker. 

Minn ..................... 127 

Gloves give swimmers ■ 'webbed' " hands * Pioneer Rubber C0-, 

Willard. Ohio i 133 

Kit molds plastic night crawlers .434 

Model steam engine operates threshing machine, 434 
Clown dispenses oxygen I National Cylinder Gas, Div. of 
Chemttron Corp.- 646 N Michigan Are,. Chicago U. ill.) 135 

Point on sealer holds fish (I M.D. Tnc., 316 Prospect St., 

Beloit. Wis.) T 135 

Snap-on letters make lighted sign (Versatile Display Co.. 3512 

Ross Ave.. Dallas 1. Texatl ........ .135 

Tokyo policeman wired for sound .„**.**** * .135 

Packing down Squaw Valley's sjjgw , , + , TT . r . - .... 137 

Babies tan breathe through this pillow * Roland Ward DatChet, 

Buckinghamshire. Orest Britain).., T ,.H2 

Nall holder is finger saver * Max Ballly. Rue Henri Maubel 

1H4 P Forest-Bnixcllefi 19. Belgium) P „, + S + . TPTP 442 

Ten-tor* tractor pulls huge plow. . ......... + **...4+B 

Tackboard Is covered wllb vinyl (A. B. Boyd Co. H 7^3 14th 

St-. Los Angela, Calif.). U7 

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Model Tillage made of bricks. 15fi 



T.TL spies on lobster, Arman Photo Features. So W. 45 th St.. 
New York 36. N. Y4. .157 



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Future Space Vehicles 
May Sport " Bumpers ' ' 

Future space vehicles may have bumpers 
for protection against meteors. Dr. Fred 
L. Whipple of the Smithsonian Institution 
suggests placing a “skin” layer one-tenth 
the thickness of the original metal a few 
centimeters from the “outside skin” of the 
space craft. Striking the outer skin, the 
meteor would explode there and only gas 
vapor would strike the heart of the craft. 
The vapor would not cause punctures, ac- 
cording to Dr. Whipple. 



Electrical Current "Sews" Wound 

Bleeding wounds that are difficult to seal 
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electrical current. Three surgeons from 
the State University of New York tested 
the technique on blood vessels, spleen and 
liver incisions on animals. Currents from 
2 to 100 milliamperes were used on hemor- 
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hra t ratters drafted by army 164 

Win-mesh panels display paintings . .. .. * * .. . 164 

Catamaran riff aids fishermen. no 

T.V. records pacing train . . , .170 



Tractor on screws slithers across mud flats { Ahlman Land- 

nuschlneta, Hltdcshelm, w. Germany). ..... 171 

Transmitter In nightstick triggers alarm. 171 

Hair dryer lor pampered pup i Beauty Equipment M(g, Carp,. 

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Photography 

Electric meter In camera cL. M. Harvey and Go.. 3-B5 East 
Ave., Rochester 4. N. Y. I .115 

Gym steadies binoculars or camera I Gordon Enterprises, 6363 

N. CAhuengiL Blvd.. North Hollywood. Calif.}. .134 

This is a camera accessary 1 Minneapolis -Honeywell, Holland 
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Surgical stapler , , + . , r r + . „ . . . , „ , , 21 

Noiseless air conditioner for nuclear sybs. Pt 96 

Underwater metal detect OT iGoldaK CO. IPC., 1544 W Gien- 

nafcs Blvd.. Glendale l. calif } 102 

Hot-air engine , . . „ , T . . „ . „ T r tO* 

Tiny radio fits on bar. . ..11# 

Reactor may power Apace generator (U, S. Atomic Energy 

Commission. Washington 25, D. C.) r . 120 

Smudge pots help meteorologists {News Bureau, Lockheed, 

Georgia Dlv., Marietta. Ga.l . . r , r , ....... 13-4 

Huge plastic balloon will become satellite.. 143 

Spinning aluminum disks wind electric cable. 144 

Thin hi-fi speaker farms " sound wall {Plrma Max Braun. 

Frankfurt- Main. W, Germany}........ 144 

Valuable seeds stored In vault 156 

65-foot radio- telescope will listen to sun .253 

Stills □« solar energy to convert sea water. .260 



Interchangeable type symbols, snap Into place {Remington 
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Personalized stereo fidelity. , . . . , - 173 

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AutomoBiVe 

New lease on life for rubber suction cups. .... .... ^ IBS 



Farm Shop Me as 

Reel* In electric- fence w ire with auto starting motor. left 

Heavy anvil for repair jobs _„+,+**+.* . -30S 



Heavy oil cans for storage bf bolts and nails. 206 

Rack for "riling" welding rods.... .aim 

Table saw 2<?a 

Avoid finger bruises from glancing hammer, 206 



House and Hama 

Tricky trinket chest ... .178 

Hints on repair and care of masonry around the home - Ill 
Fireplace tet has aluminum handles 1B1 



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Two Easily Melted Elements 
Make High-Temperature Parts 

Gallium and phosphorus — two chemical 
elements whose outstanding quality is that 
they melt at low temperatures — have been 
fused into a highly heat-resistant material 
which the Army Signal Corps says may be 
ideal for the electronic parts of missile nose 
cones. The nose cones are subject to blast- 
furnace temperatures when returning from 
outer space. 

Resembling yellow ground glass, the ma- 
terial, gallium phosphide, will withstand 
temperatures up to 1500 degrees F. From it, 
the Signal Corps has built an electronic 
diode — a transistor like version of the radio 
tube diode that detects radio signals — 
which has withstood temperatures seven 
times higher than silicon and germanium, 
previously used in electronic diodes. 

“The material may also be used in build- 
ing solar-cell power plants for space sta- 
tions,” says Brig. Gen. J. C. Monahan, 
Chief of the Corps' Research and Develop- 
ment Division. “As a rugged core of tiny 
electrical devices, it may be used in making 
electronic parts for missiles, satellites and 
space probes of the future.” 

Gallium, a rare silvery metal that costs 
about Si 500 a pound in pure form, will melt 
when held in the hand: phosphorus, used 
in matches, melts in summer sunlight. 

Doses of Sulfate 
Counteract Sfronttum 

Poisonous strontium in radioactive fall- 
out from atomic bombs can be counter- 
acted by doses of sulfates, if man responds 
as dogs do in experiments at Johns Hop- 
kins Medical School. Research reported by 
Drs. Mackenzie Walser, John "W. Payne and 
Ann A. Browder shows that sulfates cause 
animals injected with strontium to excrete 
5 to 20 times as much radioactive strontium 
as they normally would. The sulfate infus- 
ions might he used therapeutically in the 
case of a laboratory accident or massive 
amounts of strontium in radioactive ash 
such as befell Japanese fishermen a few 
years ago, but they would not be useful in 
the gradual piling up of strontium in bones 
in normal fallout. 

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the need for a dependable but still mobile 
base of operation, and the large space 
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Floor and wax wisdom + 

Hats scored and protected In hanging d»(t shelf . . .1SS 

Unit controls room lights for home -movie projection . . , r , , .189 

Western boot end* for den or library... . h . + =.. + > i+ , + .» + .lfl2 

Spray adjustment won t wort when Shower i* blocked. 203 

Home plumbing repairs. r „ r , Tr , 304 



Miscellaneous 

Shul-off switch tor power mower mad# from wooden block 



and cord ....... ,1M 

Photo speedlight charter powers battery toys , 1B0 

Belt- and -pocket hints for wandering pencils ............ .188 

Hoary asphalt building paper cm without grab on binding. . . .IBS 
Lightweight lee-flshlng shelter 103 



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ftefJnishlng camera part* ip original black finish,.. ...1S5 

Copy-camera mount * .215 



SeMitg Rome Problems 

Sputtering of candles eliminated ......... .190 

Wooden knobs . . . . . . r T * . , r . . , TT . , . * r r . a „ . , . . „ ......... ISO 

Skeleton keys ............... , + , + h * + . .. ISO 

Prevent ft opt mop? from falling.. ................ ...*. + *. 190 

Airing your clothes ........ ... + . T ^. 190 

Upright piano kept from sliding on floor ISC 

Cutting tile „ _ r , JSC 

Lwm needles and pirn* easy to locate . . . . + , +T 191 

Empty milk cartons make handy frozen-food containers 15U 



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Elctlrlcallj driven chain -yaw, 

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Locking pliers ...... T ,.., 

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Comppsice plastic screw, , ............. 

Integral metal form. ..+. T ....... 

Hollow-ground blade * + ,**.***,„*+.,«*.„.. 
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Clothespin used tP start screw* in hard-to-reach places 1G4 

Siring helps mount heating coll ..** . + k , h . 180 

Storage Jars hang on L-hoOks .180 

Socket-head screws driven with nail clipper r . r .... 

Oil burner chamber rellned. ... in 

Small Stock clamped on holder can'e spin when drilled. ...... .203 

Us* paste Wax on rubbing Job 209 

Wooden block resets snap ring . ... ...... .209 

Double- decker nail tray,.... r . T . .209 

Cutting accurate miters. ........ ......... * ++ . 214 

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making an eye in the point of a needle. It 
was all wrong, unnatural and absurd. But 
it worked. 

Ideas do not usually arrive ready-made 
and cut to fit. The mind must be alert and 
prepared to fasten upon the inspiration of 
the moment. 

In the days when a woman was proud if 
she could sit on her com bed-out hair, a hus- 
band sat watching his wife at work with a 
fresh packet of hairpins. His curiosity was 
aroused because she had to put a little kink 
into each prong before inserting the pin. 

Idly he asked why. 

"To keep the things from slipping out," 
he was told. 

The husband immediately came up with 
the idea of a hairpin with kinks in it, and 
some time later he marketed a hairpin with 
three or four kinks in each prong. Result: 
a fortune, yet one could hardly say that he 
was an inventive genius. 

There are three steps in obtaining ideas 
and making them profitable: observation, 
appreciation and commercialization. Ob- 
servation is easy. We see inefficiency many 
times a day — paper clips that tear paper, 
buttons that have been sewn on a dozen 
times and still come off, mirrors that get 
covered with steam so that a man has to 
hold his breath while shaving. 

It is in the matter of appreciation, of 
learning from our observation, that most 
of us come to a full stop. We seldom think 
about such matters long enough to under- 
stand the problem involved. 

Edison once declared: 

“You have only to state a problem ac- 
curately and you have, in general, stated 
the solution." 

Let's take the safety pin as an example. 
This little item made a huge fortune for the 
man who put it on the market. The inventor 
was faced with the problem of finding a pin 
that was safe. To make a safe pin the point 
had to be covered in a sheath. Obviously, 
the sheath could not be a separate item, and 
if was essential that it maintain its position 
over the point. 

So the inventor attached the sheath to 
the other end of the pin, and then bent that 
end around until it reached the point* One 
extra coil at the bend provided the neces- 
sary resilience to hold the sheath in place. 

A first-class idea, if developed the right 
way, can prove more profitable than com- 
plicated Invention. The farmer who In- 
vented barbed wire became a millionaire in 
no time at all. 

An idea doesn’t even need to be inventive 
in order to be salable. In the days before 
safety matches were invented, matchboxes 
had a strip of sandpaper fixed on either side 



of them. A man, about to throw away an 
empty box, noticed that one striking side 
was as good as new. He made inquiries 
regarding the cost of sandpaper in the 
match trade, and then decided to sell his 
idea. 

When he managed to get an interview 
with a top executive, he said his idea would 
save the firm some quarter of a million 
dollars a year. But he would sell it only if 
guaranteed $15,000 a year for life. 

It simply had not occurred to company 
experts to put sandpaper on only one side 
of each matchbox. The idea was adopted 
and the author received his salary. 

The third step in making money from 
ideas is through commercialization. Here 
you must be wary. It is foolish to indulge 
in wildcat schemes that may involve finan- 
cial loss. If you cannot afford to promote 
your own idea, then sell it outright on a 
royalty basis. 

When you have an invention, procure a 
patent and avoid the grim experience of 
seeing somebody else reap a fortune from 
your idea. An invention patent gives the 
inventor the privilege, for a limited time, 
to exclude others from making, using or 
selling his article* However, he cannot 
have patent rights if his idea is merely an 
improvement on some unexpired patent. 

Patents are not granted for methods of 
doing business or for claims contrary to 
natural law. Hundreds of applications have 
been received for a perpetual motion ma- 
chine, but until a working model is pre- 
sented that actually fulfills the claim, no 
patent will be issued. 

But it is the inspiration that is of primary 
importance. Hundreds of ideas must have 
been lost for want of a few minutes’ 
thought. 

So the next time you hear somebody say, 
“Why on eai-th don’t they think up a gad- 
get . . .?” just turn the matter over in your 
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WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT 
VOL 113 NO, 2 



The information in this 
article may save your 
home — or your life. 

What to Do 
Until The 
Firemen Come 



if you smell smoke, don't throw open the door. Feet 
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your body) and lest the incoming air with your hand 



A T ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK one night last June, a man in 
L California discovered a small fire burning in a closet oE 
the bedroom where his five children were sleeping. While 
his wife routed the kids, he rushed outside for the garden 
hose. Pulling it through the window, he knocked down the 
blaze, put the children back to bed and closed the door. 

Several horns later the house began to feel so warm that 
the father got up to investigate. Opening the door to the 
children’s room, he was driven back by a blast of flame. He 






could neither enter the room nor get near 
the window on the outside. By the time 
firemen were summoned, all five children 
had been cremated in the ruins. 

This tragic episode is an eloquent demon- 
stration of an age-old fact familiar to 
trained firefighters: putting out a fire is 
only half the job; keeping it out is the im- 
portant second phase. Under the trade 
name, “overhaul," this dreary chore takes 
more time and labor than extinguishing 
the flames in the first place. 

While it is not the intent of this article 
to make firefighters out of civilians in one 
installment, some elementary advice about 
self defense for the householder seems 



warranted by our morbid record of over 
1500 dwelling fires a day in this country 
The action of that California father was 
perfect so far as it went, but he lost five 
children and a home because it wasn’t far 
enough. 

His initial mistake was in failing to call 
the fire department first — or having his 
wife do it while he worked on the ou t- 
break. This is the most universal error in 
“do-it-yourself 1 firefighting. No matter how 
much you know, you’re a sucker not to call 
for reinforcements just in case you’ve bit- 
ten off more than you can chew Firemen 
don't mind a dry run nearly as much as 
one where it’s too late to do anything. 



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The Californian’s second mis- 
take was in quitting too soon. 
True, he used the best “extin- 
guisher” there is for that type of 
fire— a garden hose. Official man- 
uals recommend water above 
everything else for this so-called 
Class A outbreak in ordinary com- 
bustibles — the typical dwelling 
fire. Usually in abundant supply, 
water cools the burning fuel — 
brings its temperature below the 
ignition point — and quenches the 
fuel by seeping below the surface 
if you give it a chance. This man 
didn’t give it a chance. 

By way of contrast, a New Jer- 
sey insurance man came down for 
an early Sunday breakfast to find 
the overstuffed divan in his liv- 
ing room smoking furiously. Evi- 
dently one of the previous night’s 
cigarette butts had fallen on the 
upholstery and burrowed in. He 
knew that if he ripped open the 
upholstery, he would stimulate 
the fire by admitting more oxygen. 
Yet if he threw water on it, used 
the garden hose T or even resorted 
to a chemical extinguisher, he 
would not get the required quenck- 
ing effect because most of the 
water or chemical would bounce 
off instead of penetrating the 
smoldering mass. 

So he did a smart thing. Hus- 
tling outside for a water can, he 
sprinkled the water slowly over 
the smoking area so it could soak 
in. As the water penetrated, he 
opened up the cushion and kept 
sprinkling. When he felt that he 
had caught up with the fire, he 
threw the remains of the offend- 
ing cushion out in the yard. 

This last is exactly what the ill- 
fated father should have done. 
Everything in that closet should 
have been "overhauled” — pulled 
out and examined. Every charred 
piece should have been opened 
and doused, then heaved outside. 
There would have been no “re- 
kindle,” the sin of firemanship. 

Insurance companies have al- 
ways advised calling the firemen, 
period, rather than calling the fire- 
men first, “Insurance can replace 
your house but not your life,” is 
their irrefutable logic. Yet there 
are probably few insurance men 
who themselves won’t tangle with 
an outbreak in their own homes if 
they think they have a chance to 

FEBRUARY I960 99 




L\v«% edit be laved by a folding metal ladder and by an auto- 
matic hoot-actuated extinguisher over a potential trouble spot 





Individual pr*»im»d horns con b* mo unfed any- 
where in the house. Heat sets off loud blast of Horn 



Non combustible material (shaded blocks at right) 
prevents the spread of fire through hollow walls 



stop it. And since this is the most human 
reaction in the world, some basic facts can 
heH minimize the calculated risk. 

The first secret of safe and effective 
home fire fighting is early discovery. You 
can line your halls with hose and put an 
extinguisher under every pillow. But if 
you're going to snore blissfully while a 
young outbreak is taking possession of the 
premises, you and the firemen are both 
licked. 

There are a dozen or more inexpensive 
automatic fire alarms on the market which 
may — or may not — be better than nothing. 
But at least three unit-type automatic de- 
tectors, bearing the coveted Underwriters’ 
Laboratories label, give reasonable assur- 
ance that you won’t be caught napping. 
Some require no electrical connections, 
but are actuated by Freon gas which blows 
a loud, shrill horn when the temperature 
of the surrounding air reaches a hostile 
level. For about Si 00 you can have such 
an automatic watchman in your basement, 
upstairs hall, and attic — providing top- 
heavy odds that you’ll discover your fire 
in ample time to do something effective 
without undue risk. Yet the sad fact is that 
the typical housewife would rather spend 
the money on a cedar-lined clothes closet 
to fight moths - — ■ which have never yet 
killed a child! 

Given a reasonably prompt discovery, 
even a garden hose on a going blaze re- 
quires some technique. As indicated by 



the watering-can incident, it is important 
that the water soak into the fuel. In his 
effort to deliver the most water in the 
shortest time, the average householder 
usually adjusts the nozzle to give a straight, 
solid stream. But because of the force of 
this stream at close range, about 80 per- 
cent of the water splashes off the burning 
fuel and accomplishes nothing. 

It is more effective to adjust the nozzle 
for a coarse spray, which will do two things 
to compensate for its shorter range: (1) It 
substantially reduces the run-off or splash, 
and (2) provides a “broken stream” of 
thousands of individual drops, exposing 
more water surface to the heat, hence, ab- 
sorbing more heat. 

This is a crude approximation of the 
advantages firemen obtain with fog noz- 
zles — that sprinkler on a large scale. It 
kills more fire with less water. 

Since most residential fires involve or- 
dinary combustibles (even though many 
originate as grease or electrical fires), and 
since water is the best extinguishing agent 
for such Class A outbreaks, the smart 
householder will have enough hose and 
connections to reach any room in the house 
with a substantial stream of water. This 
means he should have an upstairs line and 
connection for an upstairs fire. 

Two factors operate against this ideal. 
First, any given length of hose may be 
somewhere else when needed. Second, out- 
side hose connections are shut off in the 



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New dry chemical extinguiihtu resemble anything front shotguns to bombs. This one, for gasoline, grease, 
oil and electrical fires, resembles a globular bomb with o pistol grip and trigger. The shell is disposable 



FEBRUARY I960 



winter. Since storing garden hose 
inside is awkward, the perfect solu- 
tion is a fire-hose station for homes. 
Such units, now on the market, use 
34-inch linen hose, compactly stored 
in a steel wall cabinet and per- 
manently attached to the regular 
house w'ater supply. The fire line 
is equipped with a nondetachable 
nozzle which can be adjusted to the 
desired spray for close work, or to 
a solid stream for a longer range of 
25 to 30 feet if necessary. Pi - ices 
- range from about S35 for a 30-foot 
length to around £52.50 for 75 feet. 

While ideal for homes served by 
a municipal water supply, the coun- 
try resident who pumps his own 
water should back up this protec- 
tion with hand extinguishers, A fire 
of electrical origin may knock out 
the pump; wind or sleet storms 
often paralyze the public power 
supply. In either case, he is left 
with an unloaded gun. 

Unfortunately, the choice of the 
“right" extinguisher for the home 
has been made complicated by the 
manufacturers of approved extin- 
guishers who must cater to indus- 
trial needs — and far too simple by 
the high-pressure gyps with their 

(Continued to page 2/8) 



Pushing a button on thti compact unit causes a dry chemical 
to be discharged onto o home blaze, attacking the fir* wt*h 
a smothering action. The gauge on the tide indicates ifi* 
amount of pressure and quantity of chemical in the container 



101 





Tire Has Replaceable Treads 

Three separate tread bands that can be 
interchanged or replaced quickly without 
tools are featured on a revolutionary tire 
introduced by Pirelli of Milan, Italy. The 
treads fit over the tire casing, and as the 
tire is inflated, pressure secures them firm- 
ly. When one tread band is worn, it can 
either be interchanged to equalize wear or 
it can be replaced by a new band without 
the need of buying a new tire. Two types 
of bands, one for fine weather driving and 
the other for winter roads, can be alter- 
nated as the weather warrants. And the 
winter treads (above) can be supplement- 
ed with steel ice spikes, eliminating the 
need for chains. Each casing normally out- 
lasts two sets of tread bands. 



Adult View for Kiddies 

It's no longer necessary for your child 
to become restless on trips because he can t 
see out of the front car window. A new 
portable seat brings the child up where he 
can see from both the front and rear seats. 
Weighing only four pounds, the seat is 
equipped with a safety belt and torsion 
bars to hold it in position. A cotton-backed 
vinyl cover makes it comfortable and easy 
to clean. 



Underwater Metal Detector 

Skin-diving prospectors or treasure hunt- 
ers will find many uses for a new under- 
water metal detector developed by a 
California manufacturer. Fully transistor- 
ized, the detector locates iron, steel, brass, 
aluminum, copper, gold, and silver in 
fresh or salt water and through mud. sand, 
rock, concrete, wood, or other non-conduc- 
tive materials. The detector can be carried 
ahead of the diver, who can swim, watch 
the dial, and make tuning adjustments 
without taking his hands from the grips. 
The clear-plastic disc is non-conductive 
and strong enough to stand rough handling 
or pressures down to a depth of 100 feet. 

CAsahi, Tokyo newspaper, is reproducing 
its daily edition 600 miles away by trans- 
mitting full pages on facsimile machines. 



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Al ETE 01 SPACE 



By Dr. Dart O. Posin 

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS. D£ PAUL UNIVERSITY 
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT AND ADVISOR, COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM 



HE FLYING SAUCER stories refuse to stay down, ^ Month after 
month, sightings are reported. And you may be sure that’s the way it 
will always be. 

Many people have seen hair-raising sights in the sky. I must admit that 
I am one of these. It happened at the university in Panama City, Panama. 
On a bright Earth-day at about 5 p.m., I stepped outside into the courtyard 
and suddenly noticed an object in the sky. It was round, silvery and silent. 
Then it was gone, lost on the horizon. I knew something about meteors 
and weather balloons. It did not seem to be either. This w r as more than 
20 years ago, but the experience has stayed with me. 

Are there flying saucers? The Earthlings wonder. “Have we been visited 
by beings from other worlds?” they ask. Could such mechanisms exist 
somewhere in the univei'Se, swift, silent, streaming mechanisms, spanning 
great oceans of vacuum between planets, spanning vaster oceans of vacuum 
between solar systems, guided by intelligent beings, daring, wondrous? 

Actually, I do believe such mechanisms and such beings may exist! 

The concern with flying saucers got started on the planet Earth in June, 
194?, when an airplane pilot reported seeing nine dazzling saucer-shaped 
objects buzzing around Mount Rainier. After that a rash of saucer reports 
broke out over the entire country. 

Not all reports could be laughed of! easily by skeptical Earthlings. On 
Aug. 25, 1951, three professors at the Texas Technological College saw 
several groups of lights dash silently across the sky. One evening in 1949 
in Las Cruces, N. M., Clyde Tombaugh, the Earth-man who discovered the 
planet Pluto, saw a “strange” solid “ship” whip across the sky. It appeared 
oval and "seemed to trail off at the rear into a shapeless luminescence.” The 
object glowed a blue-green, and about six “windows” were visible at the 
front as well as at the side. 

As saucer reports multiplied, they grew less reliable. One man reported 
finding the wreckage of a flying object with dead midgets about. Another 
told of conversing with visitors from outer space. A third claimed to have 
films of saucers . 




What are flying saucers? Opinions among Earthlings vary. Aime Michel, 
an amateur scientist, believes some are from outer space. Dr. Donald 
Menzel, eminent astronomer, believes that all “objects” seen are reflections 
of lights, balloons, missiles or atmospheric effects. The flying saucers, many 
Earthlings believe, are not all missiles, atmospheric disturbances or meteors. 
But some are merely meteors. “And these, of course, are really out of 
this world,” the Earthlings say. ‘They may even bring some tiny visitors 
with them — spores, slumbering bacteria — but no little green men." 

Can flying saucers even be built? Yes. In fact, they are being built 
right now by the little men of earth. To travel in outer space, they have 
made huge rockets, and are designing space ships, space sailboats and gi- 
gantic cosmic butterflies to flit between planets. 

Have any genuine saucers come to us from outer space? The answer our 
foremost scientists give is: “Probably not. But they can come and they 
might come — any day!” 

(Dr. Posln la author of a new Popular Mechanics Press book. Out of This World.} 



FEBRUARY I960 






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Remotely-Controlled Helicopter Fires Torpedo 




Whirring up fj*om decks of U.S. Navy 
destroy el's. remotely-controlled helicopters 
called DSN-1 Drones can dart off to lairs of 
enemy submarines and release torpedoes 
. m^ich automatically seek out and destroy 



underwater targets. This combination of 
DSN-1 and destroyer forms the Navy’s 
DASH (Destroyer Anti-Submarine Heli- 
copter) weapon system. The helicopter’s 
blades rotate in opposite directions. 



"Hot Air" Engine 



Scottish clergyman Robert Stirling in- 
vented the air engine in 1816. but it was 
soon dropped as inefficient. Now, in the 
laboratories of Allison Division of 
General Motors, engineers have 
used the same principle to build a 
reliable power source for space 
research vehicles. The Stirling- 
cycle engine works by driving a 
piston with the expansion and con- 
traction of a gas when heated and 
cooled. The mechanics are much 
like a steam engine, with the ex- 
panded gas shunted out of the 
cylinder after the power stroke, 
then cooled and returned ta be 
used again. Heat from any source 
can be used, and the closed-cycle 
engine can work in airless space, 
so its uses in satellites are obvious. 
It should run for two years un- 
attended. At left, Allison research 
men H. H. Dice and T. F. Nagey 
inspect scale model of satellite us- 
ing the engine. 



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Camp Cruiser 
Built on Truck 

Comping trailers and 
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front, there's a bed for an 
eight-foot boat with a 
Winch for loading and a 
power winch for pulling 
out of mudholes. There’s 
even a special built-in rid- 
ing shelf for the dog. 



FEBRUARY I960 





Palmetto 

Polo 

Max Hunn 

* 



New Smyrna Beach go far the town'* awn garni— polo with a 12-inch rubber ball and king* 
The gam* hat grown from a local hortrmen'i pa trim* in 1953 to a n a liana Ply organized 
Thit 13- year-old yauagtlar, practicing with the adulti, will man b* reader for competition 



the little town of New 
Beach, Fla., is far more fa- 
beaches and tourists than for cow- 
hands, it’s the birthplace of the equestrian 
world’s newest and most unusual sport- 
palmetto polo. 

And in the short space of seven years, 
this unique game has spread from the little 
Atlantic coastal community to the ranges 
of Texas, New Mexico. Colorado and Okla- 
homa, to California and the Pacific North- 
west, and even aroused interest of the 
sedate horsemen of England. 

Starting as a strictly local sport, it's de- 
veloped regional and national interest, and 
since 1953 annual national championship 
competitions have been held, first in the 
sport’s Florida birthplace, later in Texas, 
where the American Association of Sher- 
iffs' Posses and riding clubs eagerly adopt- 
ed the game, and in 1959 in Colorado 
Springs. Colo. 

To a first -time viewer, palmetto polo can 
be a confusing sport, but obviously one 
that demands top-flight horsemanship, and 
the players are experts or they don’t last 
in this game. It’s fun for both the contest- 
ants and the spectators, and each club al- 
ways has its own rootin’ section, either 



perched on the field’s fence — corral style— 
or lounging in western saddles. It’s a horse- 
man’s game, first, last and always. 

Basically the game was developed to en- 
able riding clubs to have team rather than 
individual competitions, and to provide 
sport for horsemen who aren't in the “polo 
string” financial category. And today, it’s 
just that — poor man’s polo. 

Its kinship to society polo is scant. Any 
group of riders can play at a minimum ex- 
pense. The essentials are a field 40 by 80 
yards, an inflatable rubber ball, and some 
polo sticks— which originally were carved 
from the stems of palmetto fronds, giving 
the game its Florida name. Today, however, 
the polo sticks have gone from the happy- 
go-lucky palmetto frond to the manufac- 
tured stage, but the game’s name hangs on. 

Where in regular polo the players speed 
the length and breadth of the field, in the 
palmetto sport each is limited to his par- 
ticular zone, placing the emphasis upon 
quick starting, dextrous pivoting and com- 
plete coordination between horse and rider. 
The game consists of four 15-minute chuk- 
kers. and it’ll tire any horse and rider just 
as much as the regulation game. 

The playing field is divided into five 



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zones — the middle one, 20 yards in depth, the o tilers 15 
yards deep. Not much room for long runs; a slow starter 
won't make the grade as a palmetto polo pony. The play- 
ers must maneuver to hit the ball without riding or reach- 
ing over their respective boundary lines. 

Each team has five players. Occupying the largest zone 
is the center. The middle forward plays in the first 15- 
yard zone adjoining the center zone, opposed by the de- 
fensive middle guard, and nearest the goal is the forward. 
Opposed by the defensive goalie. Each player maneuvers 
offensively and defensively as the situation requires. 

Unlike regular polo, player and mount are substituted 
as a unit and no rider may have more than one 
mount unless his horse is injured. This enables 
the one-horse owner to compete on equal terms 
with a horseman with a string of ponies. 

Thoroughbreds are rare in palmetto po- 
lo, although when properly trained they 
can perform as well as other horses. Most 
of the mounts are quarter horses, noted 
for their speed over short distances and 



Claw action at a zone line— two rid eft chaw th* 
bait while a third waits across the Mae in his 
zone, ready to move in if the ball comes his way 



Early referees worked on foot, but the job proved 
bath tiring and dangerous. Now they ride, with a 
pickup net to retrieve the ball without dismounting 



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fast starting and stopping. This require- 
ment makes the game suited to hard-riding 
cowboys whose horses wheel and pivot all 
day under normal working conditions. 

The original field developed by the New 



Smyrna Beach Riding Club was slightly 
smaller than today’s, measuring 25 yards 
wide and 60 yards lung. But as the sport 
grew, the playing field expanded to the 
{Continued to page 262) 



Jock Sapp demonstrate* the old method of making palmetto polo while Ed E*linger wafchti. At right 

they compare the old and new nkkt, Both or# polo player* and member* of the New Smyrna Beach Riding Club 







CORVAIR SPORT COUPE 



Ceryafr enter* the lwe-d«er field w*fh its Sport Coup*. 
To be introduced shortly, its fist prices start al $1964 



Assembly Line 
Packs Herring 

Thousands of herring an 
hour flow along the as- 
sembly line of cutting ma- 
chines and cannei'S aboard 
the Limut, a packing ship 
built at Osaka, Japan for 
the Ship Import Corpora- 
tion of the Soviet Union. 
The 4932-ton vessel is 
equipped with modern de- 
vices usually found only in 
shore-bound plants for the 
automatic processing of up 
to 120 tons of herring a 
day. One device shakes 
piles of herring from a ta- 
ble onto a conveyor belt 
in a neat row. 




urr Ph<un 



Aluminum Pipe 
Welded Quickly 

Aluminum pipe can be 
welded automatically 
while passing through a 
new machine designed and 
developed by Aluminum 
Company of America. The 
high-speed unit completes 
a weld on four-inch pipe 
in 11 seconds, and it can 
weld pipes with diameters 
up to 11 inches. To insure 
complete filling of welds, 
the torch can be set to 
move automatically back 
and forth across the joint, 
and it can be raised for 
servicing. 




FEBRUARY I960 



109 





LISTENING POST 

By Aft Ratfoon 

LIKE THE BIG-car feel? Detroit thinks 
yon do and builds cars accordingly. 

As a result, even the new small com- 
pacts feel bigger than they are. To the 
people who tell the engineers what kind of 
a car you want (the product planners), 
this is an important selling advantage. 

These planners, the town servers of De- 
troit, are convinced that to be successful a 
car must feel big — the bigger the better, in 
the good old American way. 

Yet the revolution (the Big Turn that 
American Motors brags about) was started 
by small, nimble, frisky and certainly not- 
ing- fee ling imported cars. What made the 
public buy them? Certainly not any big- 
car feel. 

It’s more obvious daily that the new 
compacts don't compete with volume im- 
ports as much as with Rambler and Lark. 
Obviously, the Big Three chose not to fight 
the world champions in this round, but 
settled for the American champs. Maybe 
the next round will be for the world title? 

As of now, however, it appears that the 
nimble, alert imports will continue to sell 
over here. Once titillated by the aliveness 
of a good small car, an owner may hesitate 
to go back to the more stodgy big-car feel 
that Detroit worships. (Not to mention, of 
course, the $500 price differential and 
actual 30 miles to the gallon.) 

Incidentally, the car to watch at Ameri- 
can Motors is the American, not the bigger 
Ramblers. It is leading the industry into 
the 100-ineh-wheelhase field. Right now, 
it is heavier and bulkier than it should be 
(after all it is about 10 years old) and its 
engine is less efficient that it should be (it's 
even older), but things will change — soon. 

Reports are that the overhead-valve six 
may become available in the American 
early this spring. There may even be a new 
American body in 1001. certainly by 1962. 
Here is the car that AM will use to call the 
"Even Bigger Turn” into the small-car 
field. 

Like the rooster that thought its crowing 
brought up the sun. AM sterns to be think- 
ing that it brought the small cars into the 

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world. There’s no doubt, though, that AM 
is (and will continue to be) standing there 
crowing when the “sun” does come up. 

The Big Three are all working on cars of 
under 100-inch wheelbases. Of course, 
none will admit it. It’s the old “The public 
will never settle for anything less” routine. 

Perhaps these upcoming smaller cars 
will be nimbler, more alert, more small- 
car-feeling than the present compacts. And 
surely more economical. But the product 
planners once again may get in the en- 
gineers’ way and if so the little cars will 
feel and look big. 

Before these small cars come out, how- 
ever, there will be a rash of bigger com- 
pacts. Cars like the Comet, from Ltncolit- 
Mercury, will be brought out to satisfy the 
dealers' demands. Actually, the Comet was 
rushed out earlier than planned as a result 
of tremendous dealer pressure for some- 
thing to compete with the new compacts. 
Lincoln -Mercury dealers suddenly dis- 
covered that their Ford brothers had all 
the gravyt The Falcon, Ford and T-Bird. 

Consequently, the Comet is expected to 
come out different from the original plan 
and different from what it may shortly be- 
come, Engineering time ran out. As a re- 
sult it may share the same engine as the 
Falcon without the expected increase 
in displacement. Original plans weTe to 
lengthen the stroke by a half inch for more 
power, but that will have to wait a year 
now. More time is also required to get a 
three-speed automatic transmission ready 
for production, something both the Falcon 
and the Comet could use. 

The industry is pleased with how quick- 
ly you have accepted the facts of life about 
compact cars. It knew that wasn’t going to 
give you what you expected and it was 
worried. But you have apparently adjusted 
to reality fast. The myths are dispelled. 

First, there was initial price. Somehow 
you expected the compacts to sell for about 
$1500, Tt took a few weeks for the $2000- 
and-up shock to wear off. Second, there 
was the size and comfort. You expected 
small cars and they were not so small. You 
expected bumpy, austere cars and they 
were comfortable, more luxurious than 
you anticipated (this was a pleasant sur- 
prise), Third, (this will take longer hut 
you’ll get used to it) you expected more 
miles per gallon than these compacts give. 
The hoped-for 30 miles per gallon over-all 
was a dream. These cars are not miracle- 
makers — they get only the same amount of 
work out of a gallon of gas as a bigger car. 
Being a little lighter, a little smaller, they 
go a little farther on a given amount of gas. 
But they won’t go twice as far, or three 
times as far, as some people seem to have 
expected. Such are the facts of life. 

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Thais ora modefs of machinal that tym iron powder into ih&ef steel at Republic Steel's Research Center 



They're Rolling Steel 

From Powder 

By Sheldon A. Mix 



I N THE LONG history of steelmaking, 
blast furnaces have been as necessary 
to a steel mil) as a desk is to an executive's 
office. Yet a process has now been devel- 
oped that can make strip steel without the 
help of the 100-foot-high furnaces. It also 
bypasses other conventional steelmaking 
operations such as coke ovens, open hearths 
and blooming mills. 

Developed in the research laboratories of 
Republic Steel Corporation. Independence, 
Ohio, the new process rolls out steel di- 
rectly from powdered iron ore. While con- 
siderably more research needs to be done 
on the process, and Republic estimates that 
commercial production will not be realized 
for five or six years, the nation's steel in- 
dustry is keenly interested in Republic’s 
steel-from-powder experiment because it 
has already proved that it can produce a 
quality steel. 

These are the steps in the new process: 
The iron ore is first put through a machine 



which removes the impurities by magneti- 
cally drawing off the iron. Then a powerful 
ball mill grinds the ore into powder, which 
is cleaned with hot hydrogen. The purifi- 
cation of the powder is vitally important, 
because with as little as one-half of one 
percent impurities, the strip steel produced 
from the powder would tear or crack. 

In the next step, the highly purified 
metallic iron powder is funneled between 
four rolls that press it into a semi-solid 
strip. The strip passes through a furnace, 
where it is heated at 2200 degrees F. so it 
can be rolled, then glides through a series 
of three hot-strip rolling stands, where it is 
squeezed between rollers. (Most existing 
hot-strip mills have 12 stands.) Each of the 
stands has two working rolls. The stands 
reduce the product to full density and the 
desired thickness. The strip is at 75 percent 
density when it enters the fiist stand. 

The hot-rolled steel emerges from the 
final stand and is coiled. Then the steel is 



FEBRUARY I960 



111 




pickled. cold-rolled and annealed in the 
conventional ways before being re-coiled 
or cut into sheets. 

To test the steel made from the new 
process, Republic has made stampings of 
it in a die-forming machine — one of the 
severest tests possible. The result was that 
the new strip steel completely resisted tear- 
ing and cracking. 

Now that Republic has solved the me- 
chanical problem of rolling the iron ore 
powder into strip steel, the company is 
concentrating on long-range plans includ- 
ing a pilot-plant operation and an evalua- 
tion of the cost of making commercial 
quantities of steel by the new process- One 



matter under consideration is the iron ore 
powder: It has to be abundant, pure and 
inexpensive. In price, it will have to com- 
pete with the ingot. 

In simplifying steel production by mak- 
ing iron without melting, the new process 
would reduce labor and equipment costs. 
Republic estimates that a plant designed to 
house the direct-reduction process would 
cost only 40 to 50 pei’cent as much as plants 
used today in the conventional melting 
process. Part of that saving might come 
from elimination of the familiar blast fur- 
nace, which costs about $75,000,000 to build 
and uses enough bricks in its lining to erect 
80 five-room brick houses- * * * 




SLAB YARD CRANE 



slab yard 



PUSHER 



BROADSIDE MILL 



HIGH PRESSURE 
WATER spray 



SLAB SQUEEZER 



OLD: HOT 



ROLLING MILL 



SLAB MhU 



DIRECTION OF 5TEEL 



FUSNACf Charging table 



NO, 5 ROUGH PNG STAND 
NO. 4 ROUGHING STAND \ 
HO, 3 ROUGHING STAND / \ 



FURNACES 



SIQRS / NO, 1 TURNTABLE / SLAB SHEAR 

NO, 1 SCALE BREAKER NO- 2 TURNTABLE VERTICAL EDGING ROLLS 




RECOVER 



ROLLER LEVEL IR 



HOT WATER RINSE TANK 



PINCH ROLLS 



NO. M PICKLING TANK 



NO. 3 PICKLING T ANK 



PINCH ROLLS 



SHEAR 



SPRAY RINSE TANK 



DRY LOOPING PIT 



DIRECTION OF STEEL 



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POWDER ROUS 




NEW: POWDER 
STRIP ROLLING MILL 



COILER 



THREE STAND Mill. 



k 



TRAVEL THROUGH CONTINUOUS HOT MILL 



► 



HlCw pressure WATER spray 



COOLING WATER SPRAYS 




HOt DiNG table 



NO, 2 



PAUET CONVEYORS 



PINCH ROLLS 



STITCHER PROCESSING UNCOILER 



COllERS 



SHEAR 



WET LOOPING PIT 



COIL ELEVATOR 



TRAVEL THROUGH PICKLER 



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113 








Army's Flying Platform Is Jeep of the Air 



Combining characteristics of a Jeep and 
a helicopter, an “aerial platform” has been 
developed by Curtiss- Wright Corporation 
for the U. S. Army Transportation Re- 
search and Engineering Command, The 
vehicle is 17 feet long and 16 feet wide. 
Exhaust from the 425-horsepower gas-tur- 



UPI Bhoiu 







bine engine, which powers four two-bladed 
propellers, is directed backward to give a 
large part of the thrust required to propel 
the vehicle. The platform's small size, low 
silhouette and flat cargo deck may make it 
suitable for transport and reconnaissance, 
and for use as a transporter and ground- 
firing platform for a recoil less rifle, rockets 
or other weapons. The power plant re- 
quires no warmup, making immediate 
takeoff possible. The pilot controls direc- 
tion of night by simply moving a conven- 
tional pilot’s stick, a collective pitch lever 
and foot pedals. Although actual speed of 
the VTOL aerial platform is restricted in- 
formation, it has been demonstrated at 20 
miles per hour and is expected to go con- 
siderably faster. 

Tiny Radio Fits on Ear 

Wearing a tiny transistor radio on her 
ear, this pretty resident of Frankfurt, Ger- 
many, tunes in on a local radio program. 
She’s holding another miniature receiver 
in her hand. Powered by a tiny battery 
that keeps it running for 150 hours, the 
“ear" radio can pick up stations within 15 
miles without an antenna. The radio can 
be converted to other frequencies and 
could be utilized by patroling policemen to 
pick up police broadcasts . 

([Lichen plants can survive either in the 
steaming tropics or on Antarctic mountains 
where they are frozen nearly all year. 



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Trailer Train Dumps to Either Side While Moving 



Dumping to either side, a giant 
trailer train, made up of a truck 
and one or more trailers, dumps 
clear of the roadway in 30 seconds 
while it keeps moving. Multiple 
trailers with 15 and 25- ton capac- 
ities for highway and off-highway 
use can double and triple the nor- 
mal load hauled. The number of 
trailers is limited only by the 
steepness of the grade. From in- 
side his cab, the driver can tilt 
each trailer to a 55-degree dump- 
ing angle to clear sticky loads. 
Developed by Differential Com- 
pany, the highway trains are pow- 
ered by 256-horsepower V8 gas 
engines. The larger off-highway 
trains are powered by diesel en- 
gines of 300 and 385 horsepower. 

Electric Motor in Camera 

No larger than a nickel, a bat- 
tery-powered electric motor winds 
film, cocks the shutter and allows 
Sequence or single exposures on a 
new 35-mm. camera made by Gra- 
fiex, Inc. The camera features 
complete interchangeability of 
bayonet-mounted lenses. Billed as 
the first self-contained electric- 
motor-driven camera, it is the 
same size as a regular 35. The mo- 
tor is in the film take up spool. 




FEBRUARY 1960 



I N MID-NOVEMBER, two scientists sank 
18,600 feet into the Pacific near Guam 
to peer into a never-before-seen world of 
perpetual darkness where strange crea- 
tures exist in an “atmosphere” that presses 
with a force of more than four tons on 
every square inch. 

Their descent into the ocean was far 
deeper than man had ever gone before — 
and by the time you read this, they may 
have set another world record of almost 
twice the depth of that November mark. 

The scientists are Dr. Andreas B. Rech- 
nitzer. Navy Electronics Laboratory ocea- 
nographer, and Jacques Piccard, who 
helped his famed father, Auguste, develop 
the craft in which the record was made. 
The vessel that carried the explorer’s 
under water is an awkward blimplike 
craft, the bathyscaph, Trieste. And, despite 
the wo rid- record performance, the Trieste 
is only beginning its work, for there are 
many more journeys planned into "inner 
space” as oceanographers seek to learn 
about the deep sea. The scientists will also 
test equipment and lay the groundwork for 
more specialized or advanced types ofdeep- 
submergent craft. 

The bathyscaph is one of only two of its 
kind in the world — both built by famed 
Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard, The craft 
was delivered to the U. S. Navy Electronics 
Laboratory in 1958. It made a number of 
preliminary dives and was partly rebuilt 
before the descent to 18,600 feet. 

Among the gains to be made by prowling 
around where pressures are measured by 
tons rather than by pounds is further con- 
tribution to the vast knowledge about deep 
scattering layers and thermoclines which 
frequently are used by submarines to avoid 
detection by surface craft. Scientists, too, 
can see for themselves the fantastic crea- 
tures of hitherto inaccessible depths and 
examine visually the geology of the bottom. 

This craft that can carry human cargo 
miles below the ocean's surface is, in real- 
ity, an undei-sea analogue of another of 
Professor Piccard’s inventions — the early 
stratospheric balloon. The bathyscaph op- 
erates free of any surface connections, just 
as the balloon does. A float full of gasoline 
provides buoyancy, and disposable ballast 
gives control of ascent and descent. The 
scientists ride below the float in a gondola 
— a 14-ton ball of steel that protects them 
from the crushing water outside. It is 
capable of withstanding the greatest pres- 
sures to be encountered in the sea with 
an adequate safety factor. 

The main structure of the bathyscaph is 
a partitioned steel float, approximately 60 
feet long and 11 feet wide. The float holds 
26,000 gallons of gasoline in its 11 compart- 

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On a of gondola's twij toch a Iruncaftd 

con* that allows 9Q-d«gree visibility from inside- 
op peart hire. The bin is on* of tw* magnetically 
opera tod tanks which hold the iron pellet ballast 



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Probing with powerful lamps in the inky blackness thausondi of feet below the surfnte r the bathyscaph con 
room about a mile horizontally. Its two passenger* ride in the gondola vilipended below the hull, entering 
it through a lube that leads down from the structure topside labeled "Trieste." The hull, when filled from 
the water, dearly shows the stripes that define the 1 1 gasoline-filled flotation comportments inside 




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12,000-16 000 FT. 



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1ltu«tritfen bfticd on U. S. Kmt dn^ln^ 

Depths fo v^hid/h various submersible^ bovt gone and 
tame choracturiitiH of oceans art illustrated in 
this chart, Thermodinei ond tho deep scattering 
layer vary in depth; those shown ore only symbolic 
of the phenomena. Though the Trieste set a record 
November 14, lfS9. it's expected to go much deeper 

merits, providing about 35 tons of buoy- 
ancy. As the craft sinks, sea water enters 
the bottom of the float so that pressure 
inside and outside remains the same. The 
float, for that reason, can be built of rela- 
tively thin metal. 

The two occupants enter the cabin 
through a tube about 25 inches in diameter. 
The tube leads from atop the float to the 
interior of the gondola. Once the two arc 
aboard, the tube is filled with water to 
maintain internal pressure; they exit by 
pumping out the water or blowing it clear 
with compressed air. Inside the fi'ir-foot 
gondola, the occupants are protected by its 
6-inch'thick shell and kept comfortable by 
an air-conditioning system that supplies 
breathable air for 43 hours. 



MAXIMUM SAFE WORKING DEPTHS 




Windows in the cabin offer a direct view 
of the ocean floor under the light of mer- 
cury-vapor tamps. 

The bathyscaph, which barely floats 
when loaded with gasoline and ballast, de- 
scends by the operators’ careful control of 

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water and ballast. Sea water fills two 
water-ballast tanks, and. as the craft sinks, 
automatically enters the hull through an 
opening in its underside, compressing the 
buoyant gasoline and equalizing the pres- 
sure inside and out. The craft’s rate of 
descent — 60 feet per minute — is controlled 
by the release of a portion of the 13 tons 
of iron pellets which are carried in fore 
and aft containers. Variation in the rate 
of descent is encountered as the gasoline, 
which is 30 percent lighter than water, 
loses a little of its buoyancy because it is 
compressed by increasing water pressure 
and cooled by lower temperatures. 

At the bottom, the vessel is held down 
by the remaining ballast; balance is so fine 
that a thin wire suspended beneath the 
vessel will cushion the final few yards of 
descent as the weight of the wire is taken 
up by the sea floor. 

Moving about under the power of its 
own battery-driven motors, the Trieste has 
a horizontal range of about one mile, 

► Designing equipment to work in sea wa- 

ter at great pressures is a difficult and time- 
consuming task for oceanographers. But 
despite the difficulties, the Trieste carries 
specially designed equipment, such as an 
electronic sound velocity meter that meas- 

(Continued to page 254) 



Rectangular magnesium anodes fixed to the rudder 
provide cathodic corrosion protection far the bathy- 
scaph. The Trieife it towed to sea lor iti deop dives 



Rare photo of publicity-shy Auguste Piccard, builder 
of the Trieste, shows him with son, Jatquei, who 
made record November dive with Dr- A. B_ Rechnitier 



Jniwi Jl'HotjIi photo 




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FEBRUARY I960 




Vinyl Molds Produce Inexpensive Stone 



Mass-produced duplications of hand- 
carved stone work now can be made at 
low cost from molds of vinyl plastisol. 
After the stone work pattern is designed, 
an aluminum master mold is cast and the 
plastisol poured into it to jell. When the 



plastisol cools, it is stripped from the mold, 
forming a durable vinyl mold. Concrete is 
then poured into this mold for mass-pro- 
duction work. The cost is considerably less 
than wood molds and the vinyl is flexible, 
making it easy to manipulate. 



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80-Foot Light Poles 
Made of Concrete 

Towering 80 feet over a 
Tacoma, Wash., baseball 
park are 10 lighting stand- 
ards made of pre-stressed 
concrete, the first poles of 
this size made with that 
material. The poles are 
anchored on their con- 
crete bases by welding the 
reinforcing rods at the 
base: all wiring is located 
inside the hollow poles. 
The 10 poles support a 
total of 144 flood lamps of 
1500 watts each. 

Reactor May Power 
Space Generator 

Electric power for fu- 
ture space vehicles may 
be provided by a high 
temperature nuclear re- 
actor that weighs only 
220 pounds and generates 
three kilowatts of power, 
according to John A. Mc- 
Cone, chairman of the 
Atomic Energy Commis- 
sion. who recently re- 
ported that a prototype of 
the reactor has been test 
operated. 



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Transistor Radio-Phonograph 

Seven-inch (45 r.p.m.) records may be 
played on a portable, German-made radio- 
phonograph that also picks up short-wave 
broadcasts. Four flashlight batteries power 
the radio, four others spin up to 1000 rec- 
ords against a needle that is shielded in- 
side the unit. 




Revolving Hotel 

Guests in the eight rooms on the top floor 
of the Kan Ichi Hotel, Atami, Japan, have a 
panoramic view of mountains and Pacific 
Ocean coastline. The floor, riding on a 
track, rotates in a complete circle once 
each hour. It is turned by a 7.5 horsepower 
motor operating a chain-drive. 



Surgical Stapler 

Inserting vitallium staples in the human 
body as a substitute for hand suturing is 
the job of this Russian-made surgical sta- 
pler, It can even stitch sections of the heart. 




FEBRUARY I960 



Rod Rest for Angler 

Fishermen never seem to have enough 
hands, but a new neck-slung rod rest holds 
the most delicate rod and reel securely 
while you change lures or carry tackle. 



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FASTEST 
BOAT 
IN THE 
WORLD? 

By les Staodacher 
As fo/rf to DicJc Kirkpatrick 
PM phonos fcy Tom Stimson 




S ^ as * es ** ^ designed her and built her and was driving last Novem- 
bei 23 when the water-speed meter went up over 260 miles per hour on a test 
run. The current world s water speed record is 260.35. 

We were testing the Tempo -Alcoa that day, getting her ready for an attempt on that 
record, when we were put out of action by a strange collection of the things that can 




EDITOR'S NOTE * * * 

The gentleman at left builds church pews. In 
his spare time he builds fast boats,, And drives 
them. He's Les Staudacher, owner of Kowkawfin 
Wood Products Company of Kdwkawlin, Mich,,, 
and he has earned a reputation os the nation's 
finest builder of unlimited-class hydroplanes. He 
has built 34; one of them. Jack Rega$ r Hawaii 
Kai W f holds the world's speed record for pro- 
peller-drivqn boots at 194 miles an hour. And 
you Ve probably heard of the others, even if you 
don't follow boat racing . h . Tempo, Mhs Pepsi f 
Miss Thriftway, Maverick, Gale, Shanty f My 
Sweetie— and now Tempo Alcoa. 

In 1958, Staudocher-built boats swept the 
first five places in Gold Cup Competition for un- 
limited hydros. His boots hate won the other 
big awards, too — The Silver Cup, the President s 
Cup, the Governors Cup, the Harmsworth Trophy 
and the notional powerboat championship. 

In 1955, Les built Tempo VII for orchestra 
leader and hydro racer Guy Lombardo, Tempo 
Vfl cleaned up that year, winning the national 
championship. And that's where Guy comes in. 
Now the two ore partners and co-owners of a 
new boat— maybe the fastest thing on water. Les 
tells about it in this exclusive article. 



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Tempo Afcoo, on high spaed fait run, itreakt * trots Neva do's Pyramid Lake a! around 250 milai an hour. 
Boa! and angina combination is thought to b# capable of over 400 miles per hour; safe up to around 320 



happen at over 200 miles an hour on the 
water. But we'll get another chance some- 
time this year, and we’ll break the record. 

Let's begin at the beginning. Ten years 
ago the world’s water speed record’ was 
held by the late Sir Malcolm Campbell, 
the great British speed merchant, at 141.74 
miles an hour. In June. 1950, the late 
Stanley S. Sayres brought the record to 
the United States when his Slo-Mo-Shun 



IV was clocked at 100.323 on Lake Wash- 
ington near Seattle. Two years later he 
raised his own mark to 178.497. the last 
worlds water speed mark to be set by a 
p rope l ler*d riven boat. 

In September, 1952. Englishmen John R. 
Cobb, holder of the world’s land speed 
record, drove his jet speedboat Crusader 
at Loch Ness in Scotland at 206.89 through 
one official measured mile, but on the 



Moving swpjf from tho pin, lh« jet boot crouches law in tha water and idle* along at 10 to 15 milts an 
hour. The hall *tay* "wot" up to 90, then leapt up ante in thioo riding paints and gains speed v«ry fast 




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123 




SlDEiddchtr buiiej the pits on his final s p«*d run at a "Juisurety" ISO mtks an hour. This wp* the last 
photograph taken be Fore the now^amaui flight over Pel! con Point; the bool hod tested at over 260 miles 
on hour and was ready for an officio I speed run. The engine cowling wax not used during the xpeed trials 

Special truck and trailer carries Tempo Afcoa, 




same run Crusader disintegrated and Cobb 
was killed. Since only one timed run was 
made, the record could not be certified as 
an official one. 

After the death of Malcolm Campbell in 
1948, his son Donald had sworn to hold 
the water speed record for England. In 
Juiy. 1955. his jet hydroplane Bluebird 
was clocked at 202.32 on Ullswater Lake, 
England, to win the record for Campbell 



and England. He became the first man to 
drive a boat at more than 200 miles an hour 
and live. 

Every year since then. Donald Campbell 
has raised his record, and has remained 
unchallenged in the jet field. In 1956 he 
set the single-run record at 286, though 
a slow second run cut that year’s record 
to 225.36. (For an official record run, the 
boat must pass once in each direction 



Cmnt toMt F#f npa Altw into Pyramid Lake far ttit rum. Nats the clean underwater lints; at high 
tpeed the boat tides an the after ends af the tpentom and the small ikeg just forward of the rudder 




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After flight aero is promontory, bool stopped ot 
tHt watfr^i tdgt after traveling 100 feet in the 
air and another 60 acresi the Hind, Staudacher 
• merged unhurt, said "She runt much batter an wa- 
ter." At right, left to right, W. £. McChetney of Al- 
coa, Cvy Lombardo, and Staud ocher discus* model 

through a measured mile course within 
one hour. The speeds are averaged for 
the time,) By 1959 he had raised the rec- 
ord to 260.35. a mark which still stands. 

Detemiined to stay ahead in the speed 
race. Campbell is planning to shoot for 
300 miles an hour in 1960. but has inter- 
rupted his boat work to tiy for a land 
speed record with a jet-powered car also 
named Bluebird and thought to be capable 
of 400 miles an hour. Campbell says he ‘11 
retii'e when he holds both records: five 
yeais ago he could have done it. But now 
Guy Lombardo and I are after his world 
water speed mark. 

During the New York Boat Show early 
in 1959. Guy talked speedboats with some 
of Alcoa's boating experts, and they de- 
cided they’d like to try an aluminum hy- 
droplane. I had built an experimental 
prototype of a jet boat in 1958. mostly to 
test design ideas and power pi ants. Guy 
(Continued to page 270) 

Staudacher, in racing gear, inspect* the hydraulic 
booster can Ira It that operate the rudder. Booster 
*t necessary fa turn the rudder even at fairly law 
speeds; it** never uted above about 90 miles art hour 



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125 




Push-Pull Train 
Has Extra Cabs 

Going into service on 
Chicago and North West- 
ern Railway’s suburban 
lines is a new train that, 
for ease of operation to 
and from the Chicago ter- 
minal, will have its diesel 
engine located perma- 
nently at one end of its 
double-decked coaches. 
Thus the engine will al- 
ways push the train into 
the terminal and pali it 
out. When the engine is 
pushing, the engineer will 
control the train from a 
cab in the leading coach: 
It and several other 
coaches have full controls 
— air brakes, headlights, 
bells, rail sanders for 
braking and automatic 
signal and stopping de- 
vices. The train will never 
have to be switched 
around; the engineer will 
merely walk from coach 
cab to engine cab to run 
the train back to the sub- 
urbs. Having controls in 
other coaches allows some 
coaches to he removed, 
while still retaining a 
coach with a cab at the 
end opposite the engine. 



Electric Dial Switch Locks Cars and Power Tools 



Dialed like a combination lock, an elec- 
tric locking switch lets you lock any elec- 
trically or pneumatically operated mecha- 
nism, from a motor vehicle to an elevator. 
A pair of lead wires coming from the hand- 
size switch connect into any a.c. or d.c, 
locking circuit. To open, four numbers are 




dialed, each closing the contact points on 
four plastic gears. Installed on a car, the 
switch lets you lock doors, windows, hood 
and ignition by pressing a button on the 
dashboard. It can easily be installed on 
power tools, burglar alarms or doors of 
buildings, too. 




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Mir*ri+ b'^ufFMiU'nl i UniKiiy 



Youngsters Must Earn Long Slide 

To get a long slide, a youngster must earn 
it by climbing hand over hand along the 
angled upper edge of a new playground 
slide. Once he reaches the highest point, 
he’s rewarded with a 12-foot slide. The 
stainless steel slide is 16 feet across, and is 
edged with lVz-inch tubular steel. The en- 
tire structure is supported by sturdy steel 
posts. 



Flash Unit Is Rechargeable 

There’s never need for battery replace- 
ment in a new electronic flash unit; it has 
a sealed-in nickel-cadmium battery and 
charger that recharges from ordinary 
household current. Each charge yields 50 
flashes of ^oort-secood duration. It has a 
light-color guide of 52 and recycling time of 
nine seconds. Monitorized relay transistor 
circuits give a constant light output and 
uniform edge-to-edge coverage. The self- 
contained unit weighs less than two pounds. 



Mouthpiece Flashlight 

Designed by a fisherman for fishermen, 
but also of use to mechanics, electricians, 
TV repairmen, or anyone who must work 
with his hands in the dark, a lightweight 
plastic flashlight features a built-in mouth- 
piece. It hangs from a neck cord when not 
in use, easy to reach and switch on when 
needed. The light, directed away from the 
eyes, doesn’t leave the user blinded after- 
wards. 




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THIS MAKES THE 
TORPEDO CHILD'S PLAY 



POLARIS MISSILE 
GASLAUNCHED 
FROM BENEATH 
SURFACE POPS UP 
AND TAKES OFF 
ABOVE THE WAVES 



MISSILE 

HATCHES 



ENGINE 

SPACES 



REACTOR 

ROOM- 



DIVING PLANES 



LAUNCHING 
TUBES FOB 
16 POLARIS 
MISSJLES" 



PERISCOPE 
ROOM — 



MISSILE CONTROL 
CENTER — "" 



42-TON 

STABILISING 

GYROSCOPE 



BATTER ¥ ROOMS 



TORPEDO ROOM 





The first missile-carrying sub soon will put 
to sea. And, to perfect the technique of firing 
the Polaris from beneath the surface, a strange 
ship already is spitting A-missiles into the sky 



By Richard F. Dempewolff 

W r ITHIN THE next few months, one of 
the most formidable vessels ever to 
sail the seas — the atom-powered and 
atom-armed submarine George Washington 
— will glide out the channel from Port Ca- 
naveral, Florida, and dive beneath the 
waves. The 380- foot monster, shaped like 
a slim blimp, is the first in a planned 
force of some 50 Fleet Ballistic Missile sub- 
marines. Five more now building are sched- 
uled to join the Navy during the next two 
years. All will be fighting arms of a new 
U.S, Navy defense strategy. All will have 
lethal fists cocked and ready to explode 
with knockout power from depths of oceans 
throughout the world. 

Mai'ching down the broad back of the 
George Washington (SSBN 508), are eight 
pairs of hatches, like two rows of giant 
steel blisters about five feet in diameter. 
Beneath them, in an arrangement reminis- 
cent of an old-fashioned candle mold, are 
nested 16 vertical steel tubes that rise from 
the ship’s rounded bottom. Each tube con- 
tains a nuclear-tipped Polaris missile. The 
30-foot, solid-fueled two-stage navy rocket 
can hurl a thermonuclear warhead 1500 
miles, and the navy's rocket experts hint 
that later models will do even better. 

But the neatest trick in this wedding of 
nuclear sub and nuclear missile is that even 
while the ship ghosts along under the sur- 
face, it can fire its destructive birds. At his 
control panel deep in the forward part of 
the hull, the fire-control officer presses a 
button. High-powered pumps force com- 
pressed gas into the tubes. When a certain 
pressure is reached, there's an ear-splitting 
crack, and. topside, a firing tube lid flies 
open. The missile, driven upward by the 
tremendous pressure of the hammering gas 
beneath it, pops from the tube like a cork 
from an agitated champagne bottle. Blast- 
ing upward through the sea’s surface, un- 
der its own momentum, it leaps vertically 
into the air to a height several times its 
length. Near the peak of its free climb, a 
timing device touches off the first stage 
rocket engine with a mighty roar, and the 
great missile soars off toward outer space 



Rfty cameras and TV monitors, such as the two above., 
record each missile launching on the Observation 
Island. They are controlled by a technician below 
decks who views a screen and moves a lever 




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129 



on a preset course. A built-in inertial guid- 
ance system that senses the slightest de- 
viation from course feeds any such data 
to a computer that promptly calculates 
course corrections and triggers a device 
that changes the burning pattern in the 
rocket engine, deflecting the missile back 
to proper trajectory. At the end of powered 
flight, the nuclear nose cone separates from 
the rocket and soars ballisticallv to its tar- 
get at a top speed of about 12,000 m.p.h. 

When you know that virtually every ma- 
jor city in the Soviet Union lies within 
1500 miles of open sea; and that those 16 
warheads in the George Washington alone 
pack more destructive wallop than all the 
U.S. bombs dropped during the whole of 
World War II, you begin to appreciate the 
strength and agility of this counter punch- 
ing weapon. 

Admiral William F, Rabom, Jr., director 
of the Polaris program, points out that a 
fleet of FBM nuclear subs, poised and 
ready, are able to prowl for months at a 
time, hide beneath Arctic ice, move tens 
of thousands of miles without thought of 
refueling. No one except the Pentagon’s 
highest brass will know where they are. 
Even an enemy’s sonar would tell him little 
about the kind of target he was facing; 
every “ping” in the sea might be another 
missile sub. Should an enemy power be 
foolish enough to launch an atomic war, 
says the admiral, this fleet alone, when fully 
deployed, will insure instant and incredible 
retaliation. The rapid firing rate possible 
with Polaris will allow the submarine to 
launch its entire cargo in a remarkably 
short space of time. The hypersonic speed 




I Phaiai of axpodmontol launching of dummy mii- 
lil* ore shown in pictures at right, Abovo, loading 



of the missiles will deliver total destruction 
to target cities more than 1000 miles away 
in a matter of minutes. Once developed to 
its maximum, Polaris’ range will enable it 
to reach almost any point on earth from 
positions at sea. 

When an FBM submarine has shot its 
last missile, it is far from defenseless. Up 
forward, rides a battery of Mark 37 anti- 
sub homing torpedoes that can be fired 
when the ship is submerged or surfaced, 
and will seek out targets by themselves. 



High-speed eomems shooting four pictures a second made picture of live Poloris missile emerging from tube. 
In actual tip#faikan H ai would fire rockoti and taka off for lorgai. The cloud was eau$ad by camprassad air 





2 Kicked up by a jet of comprised air, the dummy minile will fall A Poloris dummy toon 

away from ship, which ha? heeled over to provide the trajectory 0 to more than 100 feet 



What’s more, with its capability of stealth, 
maneuverability and high speed under- 
water endurance, the FBM sub will make a 
tricky target. The George Washington was 
rushed to completion by inserting a missile 
section in the middle of a 260-foot “tear- 
drop” Skipjack Class atomic sub hull. 
While the stretched out version probably 
won't come up to Skipjack’s rumored 40 
knots underwater, it’s no slouch. “She still 
goes fast and deep,” according to her de- 
signer. “She has dean lines." 



OHrter at launching aparatian* tfafian he lew deck* 
controls firing saquanca after an involved countdown 




FBM sub 608, now on the ways, will be 
heavier, larger and faster than the first five 
— “enabling it to take fullest advantage of 
the many millions of cubic miles of ocean 
which still offer the greatest hiding place 
on the face of the globe,” according to 
Raborn. “Polaris,” he says, “has just one 
mission. That is to help prevent the need 
for its use from ever occurring. It is a 
weapon in our arsenal of deterrants to 
aggression,” 

Since the new' missile subs are crammed 
with the navy's latest top secret devices and 
systems, it will be a long time before any- 
one but their own highly trained crews will 
ride one. Recently, however, a gray and 
massive navy surface ship, the USS Obser- 
vation Island, has been operating quietly 
out of Port Canaveral. Known as an “EAG" 
(for Experimental Auxiliary, General) the 
ship is a converted military cargo transport 
— 563 feet long and 76 feet abeam. From the 
broad sweep of her flat stern weather deck, 
to her high antenna-studded bow, she is a 
complete, floating Polaris missile “com- 
plex” — the sea-going test bed for all com- 
ponents of the complicated firing and guid- 
ance systems that soon will be installed in 
the FBM subs. 

Some 265 officers and men under a 
square-jawed navy captain, Leslie M, 
Slack, operate this portable missile base, 
and a more concentrated crew of technical 
wizards probably never sailed the main to- 
gether. "It’s about the only ship in the navy 
where chief petty officers swab decks and 
polish brass,” says Commander Kenneth 

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POWER CONVERSION ROOM 



NAVIGATION INFORMATION 
INSTRUMENTATION CENTER 

OPERATIONS 
STATION 



SAFETY OBSERVATION 
STATION 



ora elevator 

SHAFT 



MISSILE MAGAZINES 



MISSILE CALIBRATION 
STATION 



MISSILE OPERATIONS 

station 



(JSS Observation Island, (he Iasi ship, is steadied by a gyroscope indicated by abbreviations GTTS, right 



Wallace, the weapons officer. “Since every 
man is an expert, an unusual percentage 
of the crew consists of chiefs. There just 
aren’t enough lower rates to handle all the 
housekeeping choi'es alone,” 

Tip-off to the Obsefonl ion Island’s unus- 
ual mission is her flat launching deck with 
its two great domed hatches covering the 
launch tubes. These thick- walled steel wells 
plunge vertically through the lower decks 
— just as they will on a submarine. Hatches 
in each tube’s wall, at various deck levels, 
allow for check-off of the missile. Even 
slugs must have umbilical cords leading 
out to instrumentation at all of the ship’s 
centers, for complete missile simulation. 

Thirty-foot Polaris nftstltt deep in launching tube. 
Submarine will each carry 16 such live- misfiles 



On the port side of the deck, Polaris mis- 
siles rest in giant racks — looking for all 
the world like the big propane bottles in 
your local fuel supply yard. Most early 
“shoots'' at sea from this test pad involved 
concrete - weighted dummy missiles, or 
“slugs." which lack the typical Polaris "bot- 
tle-neck” nose cone. These are the only 
kind you're likely to see lying in the open 
on deck. Hoisted by cranes, each is lowei*ed 
into a yawning tube, which it fits like a 
piston in a cylinder, and the dome-shaped 
cover is swung shut and dogged down. 
Small wooden blocks, or “shoes,” fastened 
to the outer wall of the missile at inter- 
vals. prevent the rocket shell from scoring 
the walls of the tube when launched. 

Firing a slug, or a live missile, from one 
of these vertical gun barrels is done, actu- 
ally, by blowing it out with a gigantic puff 
of compressed air let in at the base of the 
tube. You hear a udioos/i of rushing air as 
the missile rises from the tube and climbs 
majestically about 100 feet into the air. 
“The dense cloud of 'smoke' you see billow- 
ing from the tube, is actually a cloud of 
ice crystals, formed from the water vapor 
in the compressed air,” says Lt. Comdr. 
Ernest J. King, the ship’s operations officer. 

The virtue of having a 15-ton slug fall in 
the water, instead of dropping back and 
plunging through several layers of deck on 
the ship, is achieved in two ways on the 
Observation Island. The launchers can be 
tilted to shoot its monsters at a gentle angle 
that carides them over the side, or the ship 
takes on ballast and heels over far enough 
to “throw” the slug seaward. “We ran one 
(Conlinutd Id pag« 248} 




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Tilted Racks Double Parking Lot Capacity 



Offering a solution to overcrowded park- 
ing lots, a new system doubles the capacity 
of lots and garages while making them vir- 
tually accident-free. Cars, resting on racks, 
are tilted under each other at 30-degree 
angles, thus allowing two cars to park in 
nearly the same amount of space normally 
used by one car. The units can be installed 
in any size parking area. As shown in the 
three photos at the right, the motorist 
drives his car onto a rack parallel to an 
empty parking space. The attendant then 
takes over. He turns off the engine, gets 
out and switches on a 110-volt electric 
motor. This activates a hydraulic jack that 
tilts the car to a 30-degree position. After 
it is tilted, the attendant then manually 
shoves the rack with the car on it into 
position beneath another car. The entire 
operation is completed in 40 seconds. When 
the motorist returns to claim his car, the 
attendant pulls the rack from the storage 
slot into the access lane, lowers the ramp, 
backs the car off and the motorist is on his 
way. Accidents are greatly reduced, since 
no car can come into accidental contact 
with another, once it is on the rack and out 
of the access lane. Called the Auto -Pack 
system, it was developed after two years of 
study. 

€ Russian mining engineers say they have 
a method that allows them to sink shafts 
10 feet in diameter at the rate of about 
three feet every four minutes, or 10 times 
faster than by conventional methods; liquid 
explosives are piped through an opening in 
a big drill bit and then detonated. 

Gloves Give Swimmers 
"Webbed" Hands 

Webbed hands can add greatly to a swim- 
mer’s speed and power, but most types of 
swimming gloves interfere with the use of 
the hands. A new rubber "Swim Mitt” has 
full finger webs, but is made of a soft 
material that doesn't interfere with manual 
dexterity any more than a pair of house- 
hold rubber gloves. They’U be sold in six 
sizes, including models for youngsters. 




FEBRUARY I960 



133 









Kit Molds Plastic Night Crawlers 

Fishermen can mold their own plastic 
night crawlers with a kit consisting of a 
bottle of liquid plastic and three molds. The 
plastic lures are oven-cured, then fitted 
with hooks. 




Smudge Pots 
Help Meteorologists 

Smoke trails help meteorologists study 
the intensity and direction of low-level tem- 
perature inversions at Lockheed's Georgia 
Nuclear Laboratory. Spotting these climat- 
ic nuisances 24 hours in advance enables 
meteorologists to determine the advisabil- 
ity of operating the main reactor. Such 
studies help predict weather variables af- 
fecting a variety of industries and military 
programs. 




Gyro Steadies 
Binoculars or Camera 



For use with most hand cameras, bin- 
oculars and optical instruments, a battery- 
operated gyro stabilizer steadies hand 
movements, providing crisp, sharp pictures 
even from moving vehicles. Two gyro mo- 
tors perform the function of a tripod, hold- 
ing the camera on a given axis. For use 
with cameras weighing 10 pounds or less, 
the stabilizer is effective in an auto, boat 
or plane. 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 





Point on Scaler Holds Fish 

Pinning his fish to the cleaning board 
with one end of a new fish scaler, a fisher- 
man scales it with the other end. The tool 
can also be used as a fishing rod holder or 
an ice pick. 




Clown Dispenses Oxygen 

Oxygen equipment in the guise of a clown 
eases the fears of youngsters who are 
frightened by therapy devices. Each breath 
through the candy-striped hose causes the 
clown's left eye (a pressure gauge) to roll. 
The red nose is an emergency button which 
starts artificial respiration if breathing 
stops. The device is manufactured by the 
National Cylinder Gas Division of Cheme- 
tron Corporation. 




Snap-On Letters Make Lighted Sign 

Translucent plastic letters that snap over 
a standard fluorescent tube make an attrac- 
tive, inexpensive sign. Color and letter 
plates are interchangeable so that messages 
can be composed with variety. 




Tokyo Policemen Wired for Sound 

Eighty select Tokyo policemen are con- 
stantly in touch with police headquarters 
as they patrol crowded streets of the city 
carrying miniature portable radio receiv- 
ers. Each receiver has nine transistors and 
weighs only 28 ounces. The radio unit is 
carried in a black leather case at the police- 
man's side while the antenna is concealed 
inside the leather strap over his right 
shoulder. 



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135 





Giant snow roller weighs five tom empty, compact? snow in first step to allow other vehicles to operate. 
Snow planer, below, levels the roiled surface. Sawdust tappings varied from one to three inches in tests 




Pulvi-Mixer, below, grinds sawdust into the top six inches of snow. The surface is allowed to set for about 
40 hours before testing. Test pod successful/ bears a load of 300 vehicular tons at one time 




136 



POPULAR MECHANICS 





Wobbl«*wheel roller, above, tavli compacted snow by limulatmg the load of on aircraft wheel landing. 
Below, heavy truck tests the finished "pad"; engineers, put the left strip through seven weeks of tests 



Packing Down 

Scg Li aw I /alley's Snow 



By C. Robert lee 



A S IF THERE weren’t enough problems 
L involved in holding the 1960 Winter 
Olympics in California’s remote Squaw 
Valley, Olympic committeemen are faced 
with the prospect of parking 12,000 cars, 
trucks and buses in the middle of winter in 
the 6000- foot valley, where temperatures 
leap from zero to 50 degrees and they 
measure snowfall in feet instead of inches. 
The possibility of having 40,000 people 
stranded in the half-mile by three-mile 
valley by a snowstorm or sudden thaw 



would keep even Squaw Valley’s promoters 
awake nights. Navy engineers, however, 
came up with an idea from their arctic ex- 
perience that may save the day — and $700.- 
000 for the State of California. They plan 
to pack the snow on the valley floor, then 
roll down a thick layer of sawdust to in- 
sulate it from traffic and the sun’s warmth, 
A 200-square -yard test pad has proved a 
success, so plans arc going ahead for a 130- 
acre parking lot, which authorities say has 
a 90-percent chance of working, ★ ★ * 




FEBRUARY 1960 




In an old blacksmith's forge, Emelt discusses a 
new plan with his right-hand man p Arthur Dapr** 



Eonetf-lond has ever 50 favorite Edwordian-Victorion 
rhorocters— and, of course, a moth sanctuary on tap 




I 



The Weird and Wonderful 



M ODEL YEARS, tail fins and 
all that arc in a world apart 
from Rowland Emett who invents 
and builds mechanical things that 
should have appeared during the 
reign of Queen Victoria. 

Even such a modern concept as 
his sputnik launcher (as yet un- 
recognized by the world’s scien- 
tific groups) has the appearance 
of a fairly orderly 19th century 
junk heap. The fact that its se- 
crets have not yet been copied 
by any major power is a good 
indication of the degree of sophis- 
tication Emett has achieved. 

His airplane, too, stands in a 
class by itself, and some may mar- 
vel that it stands at all. But every- 
one knows that an aircraft— at 
best — is a fragile thing on the 
ground, and they await the day 
it conquers its element. Others 
fear that someone will try. 

Rowland Emett, whose fertile 
brain and affection for Edwardian 
and Victorian ages have fostered 
a whole new brand of technology, 
is a pleasant- faced man with fair 
hair and dreamy blue eyes. He 

Far Enttt'i air fart*, an attouh an The 
t«vnd barrier it probably a few year* off 




138 




Oswald, dose-mouthed here of the Ideal Home mo- Is this fmett'i idee of a television left At any 

chine p sits with hzi creator for an informal portrait rate p it'd be o conversation piece in the parlor 



World of Rowland Emett 




V/ 

f 



Youthful appearing at 50, Emett 
looks like any artist sealed at 
hit drawing board— but the pic- 
ture* on iho board look like 
nolhing ever seen before, He 
first gained fame for drawings 






divides his time between his pleasant home in 
Sussex. En eland, a blacksmith’s forge in the neigh- 
boring village of S treat, and strange little curio 
shops and forgotten junk heaps in weed-cove red 
yards of tumbledown warehouses and factories. 

It's a red letter day. indeed, for Emett when he 
runs across a sack of ornate Victorian bed knobs 
or some other such treasure. Ordinarily, the items 
he seeks in shops haven’t been moving at too brisk 
a pace since the turn of ihe century, and it some- 
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Emetl a ddf □ new dimension to farm and home living, Among the COonHe» features of thd dgricuhurd ma- 
chine ore an egg inducer, a mangel wunle-digger which scrubs and polishes and a carrot fuddler. Oswald, 
whom Emett coils "hone idfe," appears below in the Ideal Home, Oswald likes everything done for him. Even 
flowers and grass of the garden are whisked to him through □ pipe, held under his nose and then whisked back 




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141 





Babies Can Breathe Through This Pillow 



Infants who sleep on pillows are no long- 
er in danger of suffocation with this perfo- 
rated head support that allows a child to 
breathe when he’s lying face down. The 



pillow, a British invention, is covered with 
washable wide- meshed material that al- 
lows free passage of air. Wood supports 
hold it at a comfortable angle. 




Form Simplifies Concrete Pouring 



Adjustable to fit between joists or beams 
for pouring concrete floors or ceilings, a 
new steel form is easy to install and re- 



move. makes a smooth bottom surface on 
the slab, and is strong enough to form a 
safe working surface during the pour. 




Noil Holder Is Finger Saver 

Swollen fingers needn’t be the trademark range of a swinging hammer. Each arm of 
of home carpenters. Here’s a six-armed nail the rubber device has a different size slot 
holder that keeps hands well out of the to take care of a great range of nail sizes. 



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Model Steam Engine 
Operates Threshing Machine 

Some kinds of work remain in a per- 
son’s blood forever. This old saying 
certainly applies to E. J. Earles, of Mil- 
waukee, Wis. After 10 years of spare- 
time work, he has completed an exact 
model of a 1918 steam engine he ran as 
a youth in North Dakota. The steam 
engine actually operates a scale-model 
threshing machine (middle right) that 
Earles also built. Earles made all of the 
tiny gears and the casting, based on a 
scale of one inch to one foot. The en- 
gine runs on 75 pounds of steam gen- 
erated through the use of bottled gas or 
charcoal as fuel. 



Lightweight Beryllium— 

Latest Metal for industry 

Beryllium, a lightweight metal that 
could cut the weight of a transport air- 
plane in half if used instead of alumi- 
num, is expected to see extensive use in 
industry within two years. Northrop 
Corporation’s Norair Division reveals 
that beryllium metal bars costing $1 00 
a pound, have been extruded into U- 
shapes after early failures. Aircraft 
channels have not been built yet, but 
will eventually be made. Cost of the 
metal would be reduced drastically if it 
were to be used freely in the aircraft 
industry. 




HAw A phcilrt fnnm UnlMnl 



Huge Plastic Balloon 
Will Become Satellite 

One hundred feet in diameter, a satel- 
lite developed by the National Aero- 
nautics and Space Administration, can 
be folded into a metal container 30 
inches in diameter and sent aloft at the 
head of a rocket booster to be inflated in 
space. It is made of micro-thin plastic 
and coated on the outside with a film of 
aluminum. Although it takes 40,000 
pounds of air to inflate the sphere on 
the ground, only a few pounds of gas will 
inflate it in space. To keep it inflated, 
despite possible meteorite punctures of 
the skin, the sphere will carry crystals 
of a solid that, like dry ice, change to 
gas. The sphere is proposed as a re- 
flector for radio and radar signals, for 
a round-the-world communication and 
for signals bounced from the moon in 
lunar probe experiments. 



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Thin Hi-Fi Speaker 
Forms "Sound Walt" 

Effectively reproducing 
high-pitched sounds, a 
large, thin loudspeaker 
provides a veritable wall 
of sound. The entire front 
membrane oscillates to 
provide the tone. German- 
made, the unique speaker 
sells for SI 50. 



Spinning Disks 
Wind Electric Cable 

Four-layer cables con- 
taining 84 No. 16-gauge 
wireSj plus core, can be 
spun out of a new cable- 
winding machine at the 
rate of 15 feet per minute. 
The machine, developed 
by Boeing Airplane Com- 
pany, consists of four 
aluminum disks mounted 
on varying sizes of steel 
tubing and driven in op- 
posite directions by chains 
and sprockets. The disks 
carry a number of wire 
spools which retain their 
position during the spin- 
ning, and spiral each layer 
of the cable in a different 
direction from the layer 
below. The cable is taped 
automatically. 



Airborne Nurses 
Train in Water 

English nurses who ac- 
company sick and injured 
men home from far-flung 
naval and air bases are be- 
ing trained to keep their 
helpless charges from 
drowning, should their air 
ambulance go down at 
sea. They study at the 
Royal Air Force Aero- 
medical Training Center 
in England, practicing 
putting on life vests in 
the water, righting over- 
turned life rafts and other 
rescue procedures. 

C Ninety million meteors „ 
bright enough to be seen 
under good viewing con- 
ditions enter the earth’s 
atmosphere each day. 



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Armor- Like Visors to Regulate Flow of Dutch River 



Dutch dam -builders, well expe- 
rienced in regulating waterways, 
are employing an engineering 
technique never before used in the 
construction of a dam. Visors, 
resembling those that slipped 
down over faces of ancient knights, 
will rotate around an axle in a half 
circle to control the watercourse 
of the Lek River near Hagestein, 
Holland. The traditional turn-doors 
or lift-doors are eliminated in this 
project. The slides, which are 174 
feet wide, are raised or lowered 
on their axles. 

Besides being considerably less 
expensive than other dam-build- 
ing principles, the slides need no 
lift-towers since they are guided 
by the axle. Each visor slide 
weighs about 200 tons. Turn or lift- 
doors are tons heavier, and greater 
electric output is required to op- 
erate them. Present plans indicate 
that by I960, the Lek will have 
three new sluiceways. 




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Cars That Live in Glass Houses... 



Needing a shelter for his sports car* P, J. 
Amico of Flushing, N. Y., bought himself a 
prefabricated greenhouse and set it up be- 
side his garage. The glass walls give plenty 



of light for working on the car during the 
day, and at night it's protected from the 
elements. It took him only a weekend to 
complete the project, 



Ten-Ton Tractor Pulls Huge 

Two and a half tons of plow — an eight- 
bottom “pickup" model — is integral equip- 
ment on the new John Deere 10-ton tractor 
for large-acreage farms. Powered by a 218- 
horsepower two-cycle diesel engine, the 



Plow 

giant tractor is the biggest to make use of 
integral equipment. Front and rear wheel 
units are mounted separately allowing op- 
eration over almost any terrain. Power 
brakes and steering make driving easy. 




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School's Circular Library Stands on Stilts 



Standing on 10-foot stilts inside a semi- 
circle of classrooms, the library of Arcadia 
High School in Phoenix, Ariz.. forms the 
focal point of the entire structure. It is the 

Tackboard Is Covered With VinyJ 

Laminating vinyl wall covering with 
quarter-inch sheet cork, a California manu- 
facturer has developed a tackboard ma- 
terial that's easy to maintain, yet is as 
easy to use as cork board. Called Vinyl- 
cork Tackboard, it is available in 12 
colors; is non-fading and glare-free; and 
tends to close over old tack holes to pre- 
vent damage from heavy use. In schools 
and museums it can be used as a full wall 
covering for displays. 




same distance from all the classrooms. 
Architect Mel Ensign designed the vertical 
louvers in the classrooms to allow each 
room to have individual sunlight control. 




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147 




Children's museums pick up where school leaves off 

By Charles V . Mathis 





IBM's exhibit of Do Vinci's inventions gel* a lot 
of attention in Charlotte, N. Nature Museum 



Student and instructor inspect a find during a fossil hunt 
sponsored by the Charlotte Children'* Nature Museum 



A MUSEUM is as individual as a thumb- 
print. It may specialize in art or sci- 
ence or natural history; it may have its 
own ideas of public service and its own 
techniques of exhibition. But most mu- 
seums do much the same job — they display 
specimens, carry on research programs and 
ask of the visitor only that he use his eyes. 

Within the museum world, however, 
there is one entirely different breed. It is 
called the children’s museum, and there are 
now nearly a hundred of them, sprinkled 
happily across the nation. 

These new museums are completely dedi- 
cated to and guided by the needs of chil- 
dren. They are places not only to see things, 
but to do things, and combine museum, 
workshop, 200 , school and community cen- 
ter. The young visitors can even help build 
simple exhibits, such as displays of Indian 
folk art or models of the planetary system. 

The youngsters play with live animals of 
types not usually classified as household 
pets. They join clubs for science and nature 
study, participate in pet and puppet shows, 

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and attend organized classes which may 
range from ceramics and carpentry to taxi- 
dermy and telescope making. 

The concept of the children’s museum is 
not much older than the twentieth century. 
The first was the Brooklyn Children’s Mu- 
seum in New York City, founded in 1899. 
Today there are 92, with the largest num- 
bers in California, New York, Massachu- 
setts. Connecticut and North Carolina. 

Most children’s museums work closely 
with the public school system. Their self- 
appointed task is to bring to life what the 
children are learning in class. To do so, 
they send periodic bulletins to the local 
schools listing current exhibits and com- 
ing attractions. 

The special flavor that distinguishes chil- 
dren’s museums is satisfying the child’s 
yen to get his hands dirty; the flavor of 
participation. The junior museum program 
is dynamic, not static, and provides a com- 
munity with a popular cultural center for 
young and old. The children who flock in 
tens of thousands through the doors of the 



POPULAR MECHANICS 





Cio« group examine* o tqrget dront plan* loaned by Lowry Air Fore* Base to the Denver Children'* Museum 



junior museums learn to think of our native 
flora and fauna as living things to be cher- 
ished. This leads to a genuine desire to 
protect and conserve our invaluable nat- 
ural resources. 

The junior museum program is built on 
the belief that curiosity is the beginning 
of wisdom: that a child's natural curiosity 
and love of living things should be encour- 
aged and cultivated in order that his life 
may be enriched by greater knowledge of 
the world he lives in. 

A child may read about the stars in 
school, but he can't see them; at a zoo he 
sees animals, but he can't touch them. But 
in the planetaria maintained by many 
junior museums, he sees the heavens close 
and bright, and his face shows awe. 

Or a deodorized skunk takes a compla- 
cent stroll across the floor and the child 
strokes its bushy tail and squirms with de- 



Sacrpmanlo 1 ! Junior Muc*um loom pmH as a library 
loom books, Shirloy Taylor chocks out a inako 




FEBRUARY 1960 



149 




Keith Hacker, sick a! homtv h cheered by a skunk 
end a fox leaned by the Sacramento Junior Museum 




Sacramento's museum has a long waiting list far 
animals like skunk and coon above; squirrel below 




light. In a museum science workshop, he 
welds together a challenge — a model of the 
solar system or a satellite. The preschooler 
discovers textures — sand or clay — and his 
fingers transmit their contentment to his 
face. 

A children’s museum is a breezy sort of 
school, where boys and girls may come and 
go as they like, eat and chew when they 
please, study just what strikes their fancy 
and even bring their pet turtles along for 
company. 

They respond to everything — to sounds, 
to smells, sights, touch— to sk unks and stars 
and all the majestic mysteries which lie be- 
tween in the wide, wonderful world of the 
child. And behind every response lies a new 
little nugget of learning. 

Recently the space and satellite activity 
has given new impetus to the junior mu- 
seum field. If larger numbers of our young- 
sters are to become interested in science, 
the country cannot wait until high school 
and college and then hope they will select 
a scientific career. 

Scientific thinking must begin with chil- 
dren in the elementary grades. That is the 
proper time to start a trend which can and 
should greatly increase the number of 
young people entering high school and 
college with a genuine interest and dedi- 
cation in the field of science. 

Junior museums can serve as the science 
center for a community and through their 
progressive programs capture the imagina- 
tion and enthusiasm of even the smallest 
children. Science is no longer the misunder- 
stood and sometimes, boring oddity with 
which children occasionally make contact. 
Through colorful exhibits, especially the 
popular “touch me" action displays, games 
and demonstrations, science can be popu- 



Satisfied cumlamer headed ha me from another animal 
tending agency, the Children*! Muitum in Nation 





Sacramento's museum animals air* out where the kids 
can see them— this is Pogey, the popular porcupine 



larizcd and accepted as part of youngsters’ 
daily lives. 

The guiding light behind the junior mu- 
seum idea is John Ripley Forbes, who for 
29 years has worked to repay his debt of 
gratitude to one of America’s great scien- 
tists. In doing so, he has built a coast to 
coast chain of free children’s museums and 
has revolutionized museum practice. Now 
no hamlet is too small and no slum is too 
dense to echo a child’s happy squeals as he 
holds a live opossum or sits entranced by 
nature or science movies. 

All this started when Johnny Forbes, 
then a 14-year-old Boy Scout, went on a 
hike through the woods near Stamford, 
Connecticut. He discovered a frog that had 
just swallowed a firefly. The insect glowed 
through the membranes of the frog’s 
stomach. John took the spectacular exhibit 
to his neighbor, Dr. William T. Horn ad ay, 
director of the New York Zoological Park 
and world-famous naturalist. As one scien- 
tist to another, the boy and the elderly zo- 
ologist exchanged their views. The gentle- 
ness and keen interest of the distinguished 
man inspired the boy to make natural his- 
tory his career. A year later Forbes opened 
a museum in his father’s attic and invited 
his new friend to inspect it. Dr. Hornaday 
spent an hour examining the exhibits; when 
he came downstairs, he said, “Mrs. Forbes. 
1 came to see a boy’s collection, but I have 
seen a scientific museum. Your son is a 
bom curator.” 

Forbes has since worked diligently to 
help establish the national chain of junior 
museums in paying off his debt to Dr. 
William Hornaday. 

The junior museums pick up where 
school leaves off. For school is a necessity, 
dealing in textbooks. The museum is a lux- 
ury, dealing in objects. Each is important 
to the other, as important as the knowledge 
of arithmetic is to a dedicated junior astron- 
omer. 

But if the youngster treats his telescope 
somewhat more tenderly than his multipli- 
cation tables, he can hardly be blamed. 
For a child’s favorite world is composed of 
objects, not ideas; and it is the sole and 
gratifying job of a children’s museum to 
hand him the world on his happiest terms. 

it it if 



Douglas Aircraft'* earl y "dumper Wae J * iwfee! is 
another popular exhibit in flit Charlotte Museum 




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"Hound Dog" Hangs Under Wing 

Of Huge Air Force Bomber 




Suspended tinder the wing between the inboard engines and the fuselage of this giant Air Force B.JlG are 
two GAM-77 "Hound Dog" missiles. The air-to-ground missiles are manufactured by North American Aviation 



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BONELESS FISH! 

By Hurley L Campbell 

FISHERMEN’S wives and kids often dislike 
helping Dad eat his catch because of the incon- 
venience of eating around the small bones. But 
you can have boneless fillets if you'll follow these 
step-by-step instructions next time you clean 
your fish. It takes only a little more time, and 
you'll end up with nothing but edible meat. All 
it takes is a bit of practice and a sharp knife 
with a flexible blade — and, of course, a fish . . . 




I. Start with a Forward-slanting cut from 
behind the pectoral fir and gill cover, work- 
ing down to | but not through] the backbone 



1 Cut along the dorsal fin dawn to the rib cage, but 
don't cut the ribs, Extend the cut back along the length 
of the fin, then dear through the body behind the ribs 




X Slide the blade bock along the tail bone* 
with a slight tawing motion to within a half 
inch of the toil. Stop here, leaving □ "hinge" 




4. Discard the knife momentarily and use the finger lips 
to peel the flesh away from the rib cage; it puili away 
easily, but be careful not to bruise the flesh. When that's 
done, the fillet will be freed except far the belly 
skjn and the skin "hinge" left ol I he toil in Hep 3 



5. Cut along the center of the belly to 
join the cuts made in steps 1 and 3. This 
frees the fillet al the forward end, leaving 
the banEs and viscera with the head. (There 
i& no need to stale or draw the fish first,} 




6. Flip the fillet over and insert the knife blade where 
the skin wtn left attached at the lail. Work the knife 
along, pressing dawn against the skin with a slight sawing 
morion until ihe fillet is freed. The only bones left in 
the skinned fillet are the small tip bones from the ribs 




7 r Easiest way to cut out the rib tips is 
to remove p quarter^mch strip of meat from 
the inside of the fillet. The finished fillets 
can be cooked whole or cut into bile-ihed 
chunks which are quicker and easier to cook 





WHAT’S 



lO It 



ELECTRONIC CHLORINATOR, using ordinary house- 
hold bleach, lr#DH up to 75,000 gallons of water a 
day far horn a, form or commercial u$e. Norm ally 
located between pump and wafer -storage tank, the 
unit h cosed in cast aluminum finished in white and 
gold. Chlorination rate is adjusted by finger-tip con- 
trol and proper strength is determined by simple lest 
Oiyian Mips * Co.. ItftJfj DfmpaMff 51., 111. 



PUFF IRON that clamps onto the back side of on 
ironing board and is ideal far ironing ruffles and 
puffed sleeves con also be used for sealing cello- 
phane packages, such as those put in freezers, ft 
has a special heating unit in the head that adjusts 
automatically to correct fernpvrature for all fabrics* 
The fittings am chromium plated for longer wear 

V La-Mat Cow* DBl-asth Aw.. Oikluiil 21* Cilif. 




KNIFE SHARPENER provides a separation between hlode and 
holding bond for safety. It hoi self-adjusting* revolving 
grinding wheels Inside a slotted aluminum tube. The mechanism, 
completely enclosed, sharpens knife evenly, end-to-end. Seven 
inches long, it fits in drawer and has hole for hanging 



ffcllwl Mffr, do,. 3W.1 Ke*HT y V|l|* Hil . . S*n DLtifC. Cilkf. 




154 



CUTTER -SERVER makes neat work of 
handling such foods os coke, pie, meat- 
loaf and pizza. One stainless steel blade 
resembling o pancake turner is slid under 
food; knife Cuts as handles are squeezed 



a nciii-n-tfuip* tiK. wntfi Wj me. 




POPULAR MECHANICS 





ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANER weighing juat 
under 50 pound* con be moved from room 
to room. Its patented ionizer is claimed ro 
remove €5 lo 90 percent of all smoke, poll- 
en, dust and airborne dirt in a room. To 
dean, cell plates are flushed with water 

CJuikf Cu.. IffC., O]^ L4 *. Mh'uuI Mr»U 4 
Mi-hi-h'* Rijchzii J'eriiL 



METAL BASKET fits on ratiiserie spit and through its tum- 
bling action evenly cook*, and uniformly browns, food Hems 
too small to be barbecued on the *pit itself. It is self' 
basting, and the manufacturer recommends it far cut-up chick- 
en, ribs, chopped wieners. Available in a number of sizes, 
the basket can be cleaned by rinsing in detergent and water 

lieu til Urulhvrfc Mrs. Co., 2307 NjiHwiaL CLiy, Cal If. 




BABY-FOOD WARMER, electrically operas 
ed, heats food in seven to ten minutes, 
keeps St warm for half an hour. Each of 
three compartments holds a jar of food 

tntfrnmllnnil r^mc-raJ CtrrtrlC. Vwli, S. Y* 



HAIR DRYER Is ready for use when door of 
case is raised. Cap and tube are stared in 
the unit,, which hoi a permanent Fiberglas 
filter. There ore no electric wires in the 
cop itself. The compact dryer has settings 
for four air temperatures, including coal 

^imtKt-AiiK Cl*., IfElriJ' It, I . . ILL. 



PORTABLE RADIO CONTROL for electronic 
garage dpor openers is a nine-ounce trans- 
mitter thal Operate* far more than g year 
from □ tingle bo fiery. It con be geared lo 
a receiver to operate with any one of 25 

signal Combinations, and requires no wires 

The Allium SIFB. Co.. Aliunriv Ohio. 





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Bus for Sightseers 
Recalls Yesteryear 

When a horse-drawn bus became 
too small and too slow, a West 
German sightseeing company de- 
manded a bus for their visitors that 
resembled the old one. That's what 
they got, only it’s not horse-drawn. 
It's equipped with a 48-horsepower 
Austin engine. If you saw it from 
the back, yoifd believe it was the 
former bus, since it even has the 
entrance in the rear. The unique 
vehicle has adequate room for 35 
passengers. 



Model Village 
Made of Bricks 

Thousands of tiny concrete 
bricks, formed in the trays of 
matchboxes, have been assembled 
to make a model village in S haw- 
ford, England. L. R. Abrahams and 
his wife spent 10 years building 
the village now displayed in their 
front garden, ft contains shops, 
factories, roads, bridges, a church, 
a movie house, a railway station 
and a model train. Like all build- 
ers, the Abrahams are making 
plans for expanding their project: 
They also display a container 
where their many visitors may 
drop matchboxes. 



Valuable Seeds 
Stored in Vault 

To make sure the United States 
will continue to have vigorous 
strains of corn, cotton, wheat, rice 
and other plants, the Department 
of Agriculture has opened a Na- 
tional Seed Storage Laboratory at 
Colorado State University, Some 
300,000 quarts of seeds — the best 
types remaining from 00 years of 
plant exploration as well as pos- 
sible breeding stocks—wil! be 
stored in nine vaultlike rooms that 
automatically are maintained at 
proper temperature and humidity 
levels for the various types. Seeds 
from wild plants and primitive 
varieties also will be kept, and all 
seeds will be available, free of 
charge, to scientists in this country 
and its possessions. 



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Underwater television cameras wolch as lobsters enter a wooden trap on the ocean ffoor. Below right, 
o frogman prepares to carry an nliirnmum trap to the bottom. TV sludges thaw lobsters prefer wooden traps 



TV Spies on 

Lobsters 

TELEVISION CAMERAS that spy on ocean-bottom lob- 
ster colonies are solving a dilemma that recently has 
puzzled the lobster industry. While providing closeup 
views of lobster feeding habits, the cameras can tell lob- 
stermen whether old-fashioned wooden traps or new 
metal ones are more attractive to lobsters. Light metal 
traps outlast wooden ones by 12 years, but lobsters prefer 
the old ones in certain weather. The television cameras 
show that, when water is cold, lobsters shun metal traps 
and light for the same type of bail in wooden traps. 



Picture* of loh&terl J activities are recorded by movie camoros Right, 
eoch television camera ii installed in o waler-tighl bell f then lowered 








Kids Shift Weight to Operate "Space Trainer" 

Kids can rock, spin, or roll as fast or slow frame can be set up indoors or out, and the 
as they want simply by shifting their weight wheel can be used with the frame or taken 
inside a new toy. The lightweight wheel and out and rolled along the ground alone. 




"Plastic" School 

Economy, flexibility and 
strength are the leading features 
of a “plastic” school designed by 
the Department of Architecture 
at M.I.T. Built of 1G- foot-square 
“tree” units and load-bearing 
plastic sandwich panels, the 
school can be expanded, altered 
to fit new requirements, or even 
taken apart, moved to a new site 
and quickly reassembled. The 
panels have plastic outer skins 
bonded to a plastic- foam core. 









Giant Blower Seeds Embankments 

Modified to spray a mixture of wood 
pulp, fertilizer and glass seed, a big com- 
mercial sprayer enables a two-man crew to 
plant grass on now embankments at a rate 
of over six acres per day. Developed by 
International Paper Co., the sprayer applies 
the mixture in a sweeping motion as the 
truck moves along the bank. It throws 150 
gallons of seeding mixture a minute to a 
range of about 125 feet. The mixture dries 
quickly to form a coating much like papier- 
mache. which protects the seed and raw 
earth from erosion. 




One Man Operates Gold Dredge 

Fifteen yards of sand and gravel per hour built gold dredge. Mounted on pontoons, 
can be pumped through a one-man, home- the dredge is propelled by an auto engine. 





Rear Axle Assembly 
Guides Long Trailers 

Extra-long trailers, such 
as used by telephone com- 
panies and pipeline con- 
tractors, can be equipped 
with an assembly that 
automatically steers the 
trailer’s dual wheels. Me- 
chanically operated, the 
unit keeps the trailer in 
its lane on sharp turns 
and increases tire life up 
to 50 percent 





([Typical I960 passenger 
cars have 27 lights, five 
more than the average 
home uses for general 
lighting. 

Mobile Theater 
Fills Small Van 

One busy traveling 
salesman has set up an of- 
fice and movie studio, all 
inside a small imported 
Goliath bus wagon. He is 
Fred E. Magel, of Erie, 
Pa., who sells film for 
United Film Service, Inc. 
To provide himself with 
proper facilities for show- 
ing movies as he travels, 
he has equipped the inside 
of his van with a mobile 
screening room that has a 
30-inch-square screen, 35- 
mm. and 16-mm. projec- 
tors, an editing machine 
and 1000 feet of film. 
There’s also a traveling 
office, complete with type- 
writer. Magel has added a 
dash of comfort by provid- 
ing wall-to-wall carpeting. 



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160 




This Is a Camera Accessory! 

It's not standard equipment, but this made by the Asahi Optical Company of 
giant 1000 -mm. lens Is available with the Japan. The camera’s U.S. distributors say 
35-mnru, single- lens reflex camera (right) it is the lightest, smallest in its field. 



No Confusion Here When Crews "Scramble" 

Alert crews of the Strategic Air Com- ness building guide them straight to ve- 
in and won’t be confused when they’re told hides that will speed them to their air- 
to "scramble” at Griffiss Air Force Base. craft. The building houses 75 men on 
Metal tubes from the sides of their readi- ’round-the-clock duty. 




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FEBRUARY 1960 




Sap's Running 

And look how science and automation 
have invaded the sugar bush 




T-lnirJ'P- Mnrftpn 

Flattie bags an maple fr#4i P a billow of tteam from the evaporating shed ore sugar camp symbols of progress 




I N LATE MARCH and early April — 
when snow is still on the ground, but 
mostly in patches that are quickly making 
way for spring — it’s an American custom, 
dating from the Indians, to go maple sugar- 
ing. As might be expected, there are great 
differences between the methods the In- 
dians used and the methods used today to 



turn the clear, watery sap of the maple tree 
into sweet syrup or crunchy, brown sugar. 

When Indians slashed a sugar maple and 
collected the flowing sap in birch bark con- 
tainers, they dumped the contents into a 
hollow' ed-out log. Rocks heated in a nearby 
fire w r ere dumped sizzling into the sap. The 
air would steam with water evaporating 
from the sap and the sticky, brown 
fluid left over was America’s first 
maple syrup. Even in those days, 
children got to lick the log for 
the candy-like residue left behind 
after the syrup had been scooped 
out and stored — a great treat after 
a long winter in the north woods. 

Today, from Minnesota east to 
Maine, sugar camp operators such 
as Ned Finnell of Hayward, Wis- 
consin, are using modern methods 
and materials to do basically the 
same job the Indians did. Because 
it takes 40 gallons of raw sap to 
produce one gallon of high-grade 



When syrup it boiled from tap, a thermo- 
ital opens valve to 1st it flow from tank 



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Plastic tubing carries sap from 60 trees !a 300-gollon barrel i» background, filling it every two days 



maple syrup, it is important that 
they employ the automation and 
quality control modern science 
and invention can bring to bear on 
production problems. 

Finneli (lower left) uses plastic 
bags, plastic tubing, and a battery- 
operated draw-off and so needs the 
help of only two men to process 
32,000 gallons of sap. Many pro- 
ducers using modem equipment 
operate alone for lower overhead. 
Once the sap starts running, the 
processing is swift and easy. The 
plastic tubing is tapped into trees, 
and as many as 60 of the tubes are 
connected to spew their collection 
into 300-gallon tanks, which, in 
turn, are carried to an evaporator 
house, where the sap is heated in 
huge evaporator pans. It is drawn 
off through a valve that opens 
automatically, when it reaches the 
correct density - 

Using modem methods, Finn el 
and his two helpers get 800 gallons 
of syrup from his bush of 12,000 
maple trees, * * * 



Modern operator Med Finneli alto uses plastic bag* for 
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Farm Tractors 
Drafted by Army 

Reversing the old idea 
of beating their swords 
into plowshares, a Nor- 
wegian infantry battalion 
is turning farm tractors 
into tools of war. Shown 
during recent maneuvers 
in southern Norway, the 
halftrack -equipped farm 
machines are being used 
in place of trucks to haul 
equipment over rough 
terrain. The light, hard- 
pulling tractors proved 
superior to trucks for 
many prime-moving jobs. 



Wire-Mesh Panels 
Display Paintings 

Paintings on display at 
the Wuppertal. West Ger- 
many, Museum are stored 
for protection while be- 
ing readily available for 
viewing. The paintings 
are mounted on wire- 
mesh screen panels that 
can be pulled out easily 
for inspection by visitors 
to the museum. The pan- 
els also hold more paint- 
ings than normally could 
be placed on the walls of 
the museum. Paintings 
are easily attached to the 
screens, and just as readi- 
ly detached. 

Antenna to Catch Signals 
Bounced off Satellites 

With a huge horn- 
shaped antenna. Bell 
Telephone engineers hope 
to learn if signals can be 
bounced off man-made 
satellites and sent to all 
corners of the earth. The 
50-foot antenna now un- 
der construction (a mod- 
el was built first) will re- 
ceive radio energy from 
specific directions, en- 
abling it to pick up sig- 
nals reflected from the 
moon or man-made satel- 
lites. Its first test will be 
to catch a signal bounced 
off moon from an earth 
station 2300 miles away. 



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By James Joseph 



T HE MANAGER of a Las Vegas, tables) an even break. The casino owners 

Nevada gambling casino sat at the use electronics to guard their vaults, pro- 

control board of the closed -circuit TV tect patrons from cheaters, give glamorous 

system, Hipping switches to operate 10 effects to the glittering stage shows, and 

cameras which were set in ceiling ports keep tabs on dealers, a few of whom 

and focused on the gaming tables. On the might be tempted to larceny were it not 

television screen before him, pictures of for the ever-watchful electronic eyes, 

people tossing dice and betting on the “In the old days, we trusted to luck and 
spin of the roulette wheel flickered and to the odds,” says a casino manager, 
changed. Suddenly, he hunched forward. 

He spotted trouble. The screen pictured a Television cameras are focused on blackjack tables 

crap table, where one player was stealthily to ctttch **!w* or pk*y*« ■" th* act of cheating 

palming another's Si 00 chip. 

The alert manager quickly snapped on 
his intercom. I 

“Joe,” he told a casino detective, “go ^ k 
to table four. White sports shirt just 
swiped a chip from plaid shirt at his 



right." 



The thief, picked up a minute later, 
could hardly argue he was innocent. He 
had been caught in the act by one of the 
electronic devices that are as common, 
and as welcome, as tourists in Las Vegas 
today. 







Las Vegas not only relies on electronics 
to give the suckers (last year, they 



dropped about $40 million on its gaming 



FEBRUARY 1960 



165 







'‘Nowadays, we put as much faith, sometimes 
more, in electronics to keep things straight, the 
odds right.” In honest play, the odds heavily 
favor the house, but let dishonesty from any 
source plague a casino, and it*s usually the house 
that pays. Electronics helps keep play honest 
and is used to nab the dishonest dealer (who 
can flip a winning card to a confederate) as well 
as the quick-handed cheater w T ho drops a chip 
on a winning roulette number after the wheel 
has stopped spinning. 

Electronics is used most spectacularly to act- 
uate the gaudiest electric signs in all America 
that lure the lucky and luckless into the casinos. 
Cam-actuated brass fingers, tipped with silver 
alloy, make and break circuits which flick 
thousands of bulbs on and off every Vg second 
on one sign that advertises the Mint, a down- 
town gambling palace. All told, 11.000 winking 
bulbs and 13.600 feet of fluorescent tubing com- 
prise the $125,000 sign which was judged the 
nation's best in 1958. 

Electronics has even turned credit manager in 
many of the plush hotels. Transistorized robots 
shuffle through credit references approving — or 
turning down — personal checks offered by luck- 
less bettors. 

Electronics at the Hotel Tropic ana is put 
dramatically to work in the lake-size swumming 
pool, A submergence speaker (with a response 
up to 10.000 cycles per second), driven by a 30- 
watt amplifier, booms music to underwater 
swimmers. Above water, the music is inaudible. 

At the Desert Inn Hotel, a musician nightly 
plays an electronic console, which also sprays 
water. Called “Dancing Waters,” the eleitronic 
aqua-spectacle orchestrates 4000 jets of water 
which plume into the air in time with the music. 
Pushbutton-controlled magnetic contacts feed 
high voltage to 19 pumps which, with less than 
a second’s delay, send water 50 feet skyward. 

But it is as a silent, ever-present policeman 
that electronics fills the biggest role in Las Vegas. 
In one casino, where rows of 400 slot machines 
cough up nickels, dimes and silver dollars, three 



Top, on ten no -shaped plastic bowF and 
tubes hold Keno bolts. A blast of air paps 
ball into lube; a casino employe punches 
button r flashing its number an hug* board 



Above, parts ifl tailing conceal lights and 
television camera k. Ten cameras, placed 
strategically above gaming tablet monitor 
noth flick of cards and bat on roulette 



Right, electronic micro Film ma chine films 
Kena cards, recording number* they pa t- 
tsfi F assuring that a player cannot free- 
ly play cords of hit awn manufacture 




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long-play tape recorders (located in the 
attic) keep track of every jackpot — both to 
double-check the honesty of cashiers and 
to ride herd on the generosity of each ma- 
chine. If a machine pays out too much too 
often, expert mechanics quickly curb its 
generosity. 

‘The system works in this way,” ex- 
plains the casino manager, "Every time a 
jackpot is hit. a complex circuit lights up 
the machine, telling the player exactly 
how much he won. In our operation, the 
coins don't come tumbling out of the ma- 
chine. When you hit a jackpot, a buzzer 
rings, the machine spells out what you’ve 

FEBRUARY 1960 



won in lights, its number is flashed on a 
big board, the cashier announces ‘Machine 
number eight, a S10 jackpot," and some- 
body brings you your winnings. 

“The girl’s voice, announcing the jack- 
pot. is automatically recorded on tape. 
Once a day we put on earphones and run 
through the tapes, figuring what every 
machine paid out. This keeps the cashiers 
honest and the machines profitable.” 

The manager is also proud of an elec- 
tronic microfilm machine that photographs 
every Keno card before the game’s begun, 
“First, though,” he explains, "another 
electronic machine stamps each card with 

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Cosino managers in Las Vegas monitor fheir gaming roams' activities wilhoul leaving r heir d&ski, Closed- 
circuit television screen will picture scenes, taken by 10 camem$< at flick of buttons on desk panel 



Electronic circuit on slat machine lights Mint sign 
far jackpot, signals cashier, flashes win an board 



a serial number and time-clocks its pur- 
chase. Then all the cards are fed to Ihe 
microfiimer- — as many as 500 cards a 
minute. We film some 20.000 cards a day. 
Once filmed, a card’s tamperproof. There's 
no chance that a losing card can be 
turned into a winning one with the flick 
of the eraser.” 

The same casino — which each month 
grosses nearly $1,000,000 from slot ma- 
chines, crap tables and roulette wheels — 
is also installing elaborate electronic cops 
to guard the take from slot machines. 
Vaults beneath each row of slot machines 
are being rigged with electronic timers. 
Electronic locks will seal them against 
pilfering. They’ll open only for a 15-minute 
period every 2-1 hours when guards trundle 
the heavyweight loot to the casino's big 
vault. 

“In this place alone.” says the manager, 
"if you count the $100.(100 sign that beck- 
ons customers, we’ve got maybe a quarter- 
mill ion -dollar investment in electronic de- 
vices, Most are calculated to keep patrons 
and dealers honest,” 

To maintain honesty in another gam- 
bling palace, three detectives peer through 
one-way mirrors installed in the ceiling, 
watching every gaming table and slot ma- 
chine. When they spot a cheater, they 
flick a switch, turning on remotely -con- 
trolled movie cameras. The cameras, their 



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Interior of Starduit Hotel'* show booth discloses an array of hi-fi controls, right, and lighting controls 



wide-angle lenses focused at table level, 
not only film cheaters in the act, but 
time-clock the cheating. When the cheater 
is apprehended, his name and often, his 
picture are added to the Las Vegas 
rogue's gallery, a list which circulates the 
casinos. 

“Once a guy's on our list,” says a detec- 
tive, "he finds his welcome limited here.” 

While electronics produces intense, dra- 
matic scenes with cheaters — in its role as 
policeman — it also is responsible for the 
success of some of Las Vegas’ more light- 
hearted dramatic scenes. It is the unseen 
producer behind such spectacular stage 
shows as those given at the Hotel Star- 
dust’s huge supper theater. Packed into 
the theater’s control booth are $250,000 
worth of audio, lighting and special-effects 
consoles. 

“These consoles,” says chief projectionist 
Gordon L. Hayes, “coordinate 36 micro- 
phones, raise and lower the stage’s six big 
hydraulic-electric elevators (two weigh 
15 tons each), and mix super hi-fi.” 

Packed along one wall are two five- 
channel selective program repeaters whose 
endless tapes are recorded with dialogue, 
sound effects and music. Pushbutton-con- 
trolled from the main audio console, tapes 
are “cued” automatically when a spot of 
aluminum paint on the tape actuates a 
selenium photocell. 

Typically, one console— its 166-switch 



keyboard is more complex than a cathe- 
dral organ’s — mixes audio through 18. 40- 
watt stereo speakers. A locomotive’s 
whistle, or a full-throated C note, can be 
swept from one side of the vast theater to 
the other, giving an exciting sound effect. 

Special effects are mixed — and micro- 
phone pickups blended — in a room-size 
reverberation chamber (38 feet long, 12 
feet high and 16 feet wide) that has Fiber- 
glas walls. As a result technicians can 
make the Stardust’s 18-piece orchestra 
sound like 40 musicians at work. What’s 
more, the reverberation chamber can pan 
sound, or a performer’s voice, entirely 
around the listeners. 

Just as electrically complex is the 
theater’s mechanics. One bank of console 
switches raises and lowers hidden micro- 
phones and actuates motor-driven mike 
doors (high in the ceiling) which slide 
shut to conceal microphone ports. 

A vacationing electronics engineer was 
so caught up in the gambling capital’s 
maze of equipment that he scarcely found 
time to place a bet. 

“You can’t shove a nickel into a slot 
machine without tripping an electronic cir- 
cuit,” he said, “You can’t toss the dice, 
without some electronic gadget, concealed 
in the ceiling, drawing a bead on you.” 

He had discovered that Las Vegas al- 
ways bets to win — and that electronic de- 
vices are its blue chips. * * * 



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169 






TV Records Passing Train 



Speeding through an outlying station at 60 
miles an hour, this freight train is "sitting" for 
a portrait. A television camera mounted on the 
truck at left records the train’s passing, and the 
picture is relayed by coaxial cable or microwave 
relays to its destination. The yardmaster. with a 
picture of the car numbers and their sequence 
in the train, can plan accordingly to keep each 
car heading for its destination and to make up 
new trains from the arriving cars. 



Catamaran Rtg Aids Fishermen 

Using native canoes, small outboard motors, 
old bicycle wheels and angle iron, a British 
fisheries officer at Lake Victoria in Africa has 
helped native fishermen speed up their work by 
96 percent. Combining two canoes to make a 

catamaran, Maurice At- 
kinson added net reels 
across the hulls. The new 
boat, with two five-horse- 
power motors, can lay 
1200 feet of net in five 
minutes and retrieve the 
same net in half an hour. 
The job takes half a day 
from an ordinary canoe. 



(TAbout 42 billion steel 
‘'tin” cans are produced 
annually in the U. S. 



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Tractor on Screws Slithers Across Mud Flats 



Land reclaimers working along Get- 
many's North Sea coast are faced at low 
tide with mud that’s too thin for land 



vehicles and too thick for boats. Their 
answer is a prime mover that slithers 
easily through the mud on rotating screws. 



Transmitter in Nightstick Triggers Alarm 



Night watchmen armed with an English 
made nightstick are equipped^ to sound 
alarms, call the police, and defend them- 
selves at the same time; a transistorized 
transmitter in the stick sets off the alarm 
system when a button on the handle is 
pressed. A similar unit is built into the 
handle of a watchman’s flashlight. 





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Variable-Pitch Truck Fan 

Switching pitch like the blades on an air- 
craft propeller, an automatically operated 
truck fan saves as much as $100 a month 
fuel costs. Cooling water from the engine 
operates a thermostatic control which in- 
creases or decreases the blade pitch, de- 
pending upon engine temperature. On high 
speed, level operation, the fan runs flat, 
thereby reducing engine load and fuel con- 
sumption. 




Hair Drier for Pampered Pup 

Every canine lassie may soon enjoy all 
of the comforts of the beauty parlor. A new 
hair drier can be hung on any cage after 
the dog is washed. It sends an even flow of 
air, adjustable from warm to hot, that 
soothes as it dries. Males like it, too! 



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PERSONALIZED STEREO FIDELITY -PART II 



By 

Lothar Stern 




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F ROM 10 TO 2501 No, it’s not the fre- 
quency response specification of a low- 
frequency woofer — it’s the approximate 
price range of "hi-fi” speakers shown in the 
catalog of a leading distributor. 

Going a bit farther in the same catalog, 
you'll find complete speaker systems 
(speakers mounted in appropriate enclo- 
sures) ranging from less than 50 to almost 
1000 dollars, and just to make matters 
worse (or better) there are literally dozens 
of speakers in every price category. 

Read the catalog copy carefully. Compare 
the information given for speakers in the 
various price ranges. You’ll find low'-priced 
units that "outperform speakers costing up 
to three times as much," medium-priced 
ones that are “guaranteed to outperform 
all others — regardless of price," and virtu- 
ally every speaker has “smooth, flat re- 
sponse over the audible range," 

Fantastic? Yes — but that’s the situation 



which makes the selection of this vital part 
one of the toughest hurdles in the assembly 
of your custom-built music system. 

In choosing all other components you 
have plenty of valid data to guide your 
selection: but this fails when applied to 
loudspeakers. Specifications are usually 
meaningless since few manufacturers use 
the same standards and test setups. Rec- 
ommendations of friends, even those of 
experts, should be used only as a possible 
starting point. The fact is that no two 
speakers of different design sound alike, 
and what sounds best to one expert may 
be only a poor second or third choice in the 
opinion of another. In selecting a speaker, 
your own ears are the final authority. 

To select the best possible speaker within 
your budget a listening-comparison test is 
advisable and, fortunately, there are hi-fi 
demonstration centers in most cities where 
such comparisons can be made. But even 



FEBRUARY I 960 



173 




before you begin the actual comparison you 
should have a pretty good idea of what you 
want- To make tentative selections from 
catalogs and advertisements* here are some 
of the things you’ll have to consider: 

PRICE VS. PERFORMANCE- That old 
adage “You get what you pay for” may not 
hold true for everything, but it does apply 
to speakers— particularly in the low and 
medium price ranges. While you might find 
it hard to choose between two speak el's 
costing 150 and 200 dollars* respectively, the 
difference between a 20 -dollar unit and one 
costing 50 dollars is usually unmistakable. 

How much should you spend for your 
speaker? The answer to this depends on the 
total amount you expect to invest for a 
basic hi-fi system- If you start with a mod- 
estly priced monophonic system — say be- 
tween 150 and 250 dollars — about one third 
of this should be allocated for the speaker 
system. For more expensive systems, or for 
stereo, the percentage alloted for the 
speaker should be higher* One reason for 
this is that the price range is much greater 
for speak el's than for any other single com- 
ponent. Another is the fact that a stereo 
speaker system can cost up to twice as 
much as a monophonic one while the price 
difference between other stereo and mono- 
phonic components is often negligible. 

SPEAKERS AND ENCLOSURES- No 
speaker can give high-fidelity sound unless 
it is housed in a properly designed enclo- 
sure. To prove this to yourself you need 
only remove the cabinet from an inexpen- 
sive table radio and notice the deteri oration 
of the resulting sound quality. And if this 
is true even in the cheapest of music re- 
producers, it is accentuated in a hi-fi instru- 
ment. The speaker enclosure, therefore, 
plays an important part in the reproduction 
of high-fidelity sound. 

Acoustically designed enclosures are 
available in a wide variety of styles and 
types. They go under such exotic names as 
infinite baffles, bass reflex* folded horns, 
and perhaps a dozen more. Carefully built, 
all are capable of excellent sound reproduc- 
tion. yet a given speaker may sound far 
better in one particular enclosure design 
than in any other. To be absolutely certain 
that you’re getting the best possible speaker 
system, you f d have to listen to every 
speaker in every type of enclosure, and 
that's a job that would take the better part 
of a lifetime. But this monumental task can 
be reduced to the vanishing point if we 
make one permissible assumption* 

Virtually every speaker manufacturer 
makes not only a number of speakers* but 
also some complete systems. The latter 
contain the same speakers which are sold 
separately. The assumption well make is 
that the manufacturer, in selecting a par- 

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ticular enclosure, has picked the design 
which shows up the characteristics of his 
speakers to the best advantage. This being 
true, it is merely necessary to compare the 
systems in your predetermined price range 
and select the one that sounds best. 

STYLING. There was a time, not too long 
ago, when physical size was a good yard- 
stick of speaker performance. “The larger 
the better” was the slogan* and no audio- 
phile would have dared boast about bis 
speaker system unless it was of mammoth 
proportions. 

But times have changed. Today, manu- 
facturers have designed special speakers 
which give outstanding performance in 
small, bookshelf -type enclosures— systems 
which operate as well as their giant-sized 
counterparts. Size, therefore, is no longer a 
limiting factor. 

BUILD YOUR OWN AND SAVE. You 
can't build a loudspeaker, but you can 
make your own speaker enclosure at sub- 
stantial savings. A number of manufactur- 
ers now supply their enclosures in kit form 
at savings of 30 percent or more. 

Enclosure kits are relatively easy to 
build. They are supplied with precisely cut 
panels, mitered and predrilled for simpli- 
fied assembly. In many cases, a screw- 
driver is the only required tool and* usu- 
ally, an evening or two is all that's needed 
for the actual assembly. 

Yon can save even more if you have 
facilities for building your enclosure from 
scratch. Despite the great care involved in 
the design of a good enclosure, its eventual 
construction is relatively simple. If you 
already own a good hi-fi speaker, or if you 
have selected one on the strength of a lis- 
tening-comparison test, the manufacturer 
usually can supply plans for a recommend- 
ed cabinet 

But what if there are no facilities for a 
listening test in your area? In this event 
you may never have the satisfaction of 
knowing that your actual selection repre- 
sents the best possible choice. But the point 
is a moot one since, in the absence of a 
comparison standard, your ears quickly 
adapt themselves to the resulting sound 
and any good system will be satisfactory. 
The only suggestions we can make are: 
Select front a catalog the most expensive 
speaker system (two for stereo) your bud- 
get permits; or, duplicate a system with 
which you are familiar; or — build one of 
the units described on the following pages. 

The systems to be described differ from 
one another both in design and application. 
They are not represented as being the very 
best of anything. They are neither the 
cheapest, nor the most expensive. They do, 
however, provide excellent sound, and they 
merit your serious consideration. 



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THE 

ELECTRO- VOICE 
MARQUIS 




THE MARQUIS is a carefully designed en- 
closure which gives a good account of itself 
with any high-quality 12 or 15-in* speak- 
er or with multiple-speaker installations. 
Commercially assembled you can buy it for 
$60 or $70 (depending on the type of fin- 
ish) ; in kit form it’s available for about S35, 
Or you can build it from %-in. -thick veneer 
plywood of your choice in accordance with 
the exploded-view diagram on the follow- 
ing page. Construction is quite simple, and 
satisfactory performance is assured if all 
pieces are properly cut so that a rigid, air- 
tight cabinet results. 

The Marquis is billed as a rear-loaded* 
folded horn enclosure designed for along- 
the-wall placement. While simple in ap- 
pearance, the operating theory of the enclo- 
sure is quite involved. In essence, the en- 
closure is so constructed that the sound 
wave generated by the front of the speaker 
cone radiates directly into the listening 
area. The rear wave, however, is loaded by 
a folded horn, part of which is built into 
the cabinet itself with the remainder being 
furnished by the wall directly behind the 



enclosure. At low bass frequencies, where 
the horn becomes effective, most of the 
audible sound is produced by the rear wave 
which, by virtue of its tighter coupling to 
the surrounding air, offers much greater 
efficiency for bass frequencies than could 
be obtained with equivalent flat baffles or 
bass-reflex enclosures, 

SPEAKER CONSIDERATIONS. Con- 
sidering the fact that a loudspeaker must 
duplicate the sounds of strings, reeds and 
percussions without actually containing 
any of these in its makeup, it is truly amaz- 
ing that we have any sort of fidelity at all. 
It is all the more astounding that some 
speaker systems can mimic not only the 
individual instruments, but an entire or- 
chestra, so faithfully that even the experts, 
at times, are unable to tell whether they 
are listening to the real thing or a repro- 
duction. Small wonder, then, that the 
speakers are perhaps the most critical com- 
ponents of a hi-fi system. 

Probably the greatest stumbling block in 
the way of an ultimate-fidelity speaker sys- 
tem is m-o-n-e-y— that is, the lack of it. 



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CONSTRUCTION HINTS 

Solid, qir-iigbi construction, except for spe- 
ll ally prepared opening*, it prerequitite 
in any high quality endatun. All parti, 
except back, should bo joined with a good 
wood glue. Glee rubber stripping to all 
inside edges whiih contact bock cover when 
the latter Is screwed in place. Screws may 
be used to hold pom together while glue 
is setting where screws do not show front 
the outside. 

Dimensions of baffle-board cutouts de- 
pend on siies of speakers employed. Coun- 
tersink speaker-mounting holes so that 
screw heads do not interfere with applica- 
tion af grille cloth to front of baffle board. 
Anticipate eventual addition of tweeter and 
squowker by making the necessary cutouts 
and mounting holes, and covering any un- 
used cutouts with wood blocks before grille 
cloth is installed, 

Inside surfaces of top and both sides 
should be covered with l-in.-thick acousti- 
cal insulating material, as shown. 

Caver front surface of baffle board with 
black stain to prevent accentuated outline 
of speaker cutouts from showing through 
grille doth. 

Height of enclosure may be made to cor- 
respond with that af the equipment cabinet 
described last month by proper choice af 
dimensions far furniture glides. 

Wiring details for speakers and cross- 
over networks are supplied with building- 
bled! kits discussed below. 



Often, this limitation brings up the ques- 
tion. "Should I buy two good but low-priced 
speakers for stereo, or should I start with 
a superior monophonic system?” That's 
largely a matter of opinion. My own is that 
you’ll get more listening pleasure from a 
low-cost stereo system — providing you se- 
lect the speakers with an eye towards even- 
tual improvement. 

Going on this premise, a good initial 
choice for the Marquis enclosure is the 
Electro- Voice SP12B dual-cone, all-range 
speaker. Available from most hi-fi distribu- 
tors at about S3 5, this papular 12" unit 
reaches way down into the bass register. 
For monophonic operation or in pairs, for 
stereo, the Marquis-SP12B combination 
gives excellent results at low cost. 

If you want even greater fidelity, you can 
improve this initial system by adding the 
Electro- Voice BB1 building-block kit (cost 
— $36). The kit includes a T35B tweeter 
with the necessary crossover network and 
wiring harness, and extends the high-fre- 
quency response of the system close to the 
very limits of human hearing. The cross- 
over network divides the electrical signals 

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from the amplifier into two parts, sending 
the low frequencies to the large speaker 
and the highs to the tweeter. A level con- 
trol permits precise balancing of the two 
portions of the audio spectrum for smooth 
response over the entire range. 

Still another improvement is possible. A 
second building- block kit (type BB3 — $84) 
further splits the audio spectrum so that it 
is divided between three separate speakers 
for optimum efficiency and flexibility. 
Whether or not the cost of this final addi- 
tion is justified by improved sound quality 
is something only your own ears can tell 
you. Certainly you are now in an area 
governed by the law of diminishing returns 
— a region where any improvement in qual- 
ity can be achieved only at a relatively high 
cost. But that is the nature of high-fidelity. 

SPEAKER PLACEMENT. No matter 
what speakers you use in the Marquis, the 
system must be tuned to the room for 
optimum results. The tuning, however, is 
quite simple, involving merely the moving 
of the enclosure a few inches out from the 
wall so that the latter can function effec- 
tively as a portion of the folded horn. 






POPULAR MECHANICS 




THE JENSEN 

GALAXY II 

ESPECIALLY DESIGNED for 
stereo, the Galaxy II system offers 
a measure of performance which, 
a few short years ago, could have 
been achieved only by a much 
larger and more expensive set of 
components. As a space-saving, 
money-saving stereo system it 
joins several units by other manu- 
facturers in a compromise design 
which is rapidly setting a new 
trend in the stereo industry. The 
compromise is in the way that 
stereo is reproduced— not in the 
resulting sound. 

The illusion of stereo depends upon two 
slightly different audio signals, each inde- 
pendently reproduced through individual 
speakers. Ideally, this requires two sep- 
arate full-range speaker systems which can 
play havoc with your pocket book. But con- 
tinued audio research has confirmed the 
fact that very low sound frequencies, 
though vitally important for the reproduc- 
tion of high-fidelity sound, contribute vir- 
tually nothing to the directional effect of 
stereo. It is possible, therefore, to combine 
the bass frequencies of the tw r o stereo chan- 
nels, and reproduce them through a single 
low-frequency speaker, without affecting 



the apparent orchestral spread. This saves 
not only the cost of one “woofer” (low- 
frequency reproducer} but also the space 
required for its installation. 

The Galaxy II system consists of a center 
bass unit, a crossover network and two 
“satellites.” each containing a mid-range 
“squawker” and a high-frequency “tweet- 
er." The frequency spectrum of each stereo 
channel, therefore, is divided between three 
speakers each designed to provide optimum 
performance over its specified range. 

Housed in a tube-vented reflex enclosure, 
Jensen calls it BASS-SUPERFLEX, an 8- 

{Continued to page 244) 



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TRICKY TRINKET CHEST 

By Walter £. Burton 



N OT ONLY does this small chest pro- 
vide compact storage for jewelry, 
writing supplies and sewing materials, 
but the unique arrangement of drawers 
lends an element of mystery. Out of what 
appears to be 16 drawers, only four are 
real, one on each side as indicated in the 
photo above. While the chest illustrated 
consists of two units or tiers of drawers, 
additional ones can be added easily since 
each unit is of identical construction. 
Drawer units can be added even after the 
chest is completed and placed in use, pro- 
viding the top is attached with nails only, 
omitting the glue until you arc sure no 
more units are to be added. The drawers 
in each unit extend the entire depth of 
the chest. In the chest shown, tiers are 



combined so that the drawers of one unit 
slide at right angles to the other. If 
desired, drawers may be positioned so that 
all the operable ones open on the same 
side, or they can be arranged to open 
from two opposite sides. 

The parts of the chest may be cut from 
white pine and walnut as suggested in the 
drawing on the next page, or any other 
combination of cabinet woods may be 
used, To cut costs, veneer stock can be 
used for all parts but the top and comer 
posts. Drawer bottoms are Vs-in, hard- 
board. All joints are glued and nailed 
The handle shown was formed from a 6- 
in. length of brass tubing, although a 
suitable cabinet door or window pull may 
be used in its place. * * * 



Poiti and inlay piece on tides having fake drawers 
are glued in place before cheif ports ore attembled 



Side piece and end piece are glued and nailed 1o bar* 
der of solid wolnut glued ro edges of pine bottom 









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miliar with a trinket chett luch 
as this, Ft is difficult to de- 
termine which of the feur draw- 
ers on each side if the real one 



HANDLE 



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Photo Speediight Charger 
Powers Battery Toys 

A photographic speediight 
charger can be used as a d.c. 
power supply for battery-oper- 
ated toys. Chargers producing 
up to 6 volts at fractional am- 
perage can be connected di- 
rectly. Larger-capacity charg- 
ers, connected in series with a 
25-ohm rheostat, as illustrated, 
will reduce the voltage and 
serve as a speed control, A 
DPDT toggle switch permits 
forward, reverse and stop con- 
trol. Mount the rheostat and 
switch in a box for quick hook- 
up when needed. 

M. C. Anderson, Arlington, Va. 

Storage Jars Hang 
On L-Hooks 

Here is a new twist for stor- 
ing light hardware and small 
parts. Fasten a lug bolt to a 
jar cover with tw’o small nuts. 
Screw an L-hook into the wall 
and the jar is easily hung. Try 
it. You will find it easier to pull 
the jar off the hook than to un- 
screw it from a cover, which 
has been fastened to the bottom 
of a shelf. Larger parts can be 
stored in cardboard “cabinets" 
of the type from which type- 
writer ribbon is sold. These 
cabinets usually have three 
drawers mounted vertically 
and are fine for storing radio 
tubes and electronic parts. 

A. P. ZanelLi, Tampa, Fla. 

String Helps Mount 
Heating Coil 

You can determine the length 
of new heating coil you need 
by threading a piece of string 
through the path of the old 
coil. Then remove the string 
from the assembly and stretch 
the new coil until it is one to 
three inches shorter than the 
string. This will give the coil 
the proper tension when 
mounted. Starting from the 
center of the assembly, thread 
the coil in. Tighten the termi- 
nal screws and complete the 
reassembly. 

Robert A. Brown, 

Shelby ville, Tenn. 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 





Fireplace 
Set Has 
Aluminum 
Handles 



The sleek, distinctive and expensive look 
of stainless-steel fireplace accessories can 
be matched at low cost by making your 
own out of aluminum. This fireplace stand 
was made by bending a 6-ft. -length of %- 
in. aluminum rod around a steel post to 
the desired curve. The shovel is an ordi- 
nary coal shovel. Cut the handle off and 
attach the shovel end to a piece of alumi- 
num bar stock measuring 1 x IV4 x 12 in* 
From the same stock cut a piece about 6 
in. long and bend it in a vise to form the 



V-shaped blade for the poker. Make the 
broom in the same way, by sawing the han- 
dle off a wallpaper brush. Attach the 
brush to an aluminum handle with an 
angle cut from Vs x %-in. stock. Approxi- 
mately 1*4 in. from the top of each handle 
drill a hole about *2 in. in diameter by 
which the finished tools may be hung. 
Given an occasional light coat of plastic 
spray, the accessories will remain bright 
and decorative. 

Edward L. Fisher, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Hints on Repair and Care of Masonry Around the Home 



If you have brick surfaces in and around 
your home, here are a few tips to help you 
keep them looking bright and in good re- 
pair, Red fireplace brick, for instance, 
will in time become white and chalky in 
appearance. To restore the bricks to their 
original color, rub them occasionally with 
a mixture of olive oil and vinegar and 
wipe them with a dry cloth. Those same 
indoor bricks will be protected against 
stains if they are given a coat of thinned 
shellac. New brick surfaces and ceramic- 
tile walls that have been finished with 



white finishing cement will lose that new 
look if the cement is allowed to yellow. 
To keep the cement spotlessly white, rub 
it with an old toothbrush dipped in am- 
monia. If you wish to do a quick repair 
job or to make a fairly small object of 
concrete without the use of forms, try 
this: Make a rich mixture of concrete, 
using just enough water to wet all the 
material. Dampen the area to be covered 
and set the concrete in place. Shape it 
as desired and in two hours it can be 
troweled smooth. 



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181 



CASTING 



X483’ T 

PLASTER 



BALLOON LAMP BASE 




By Howell M, Burke 

QPECIAL-OCCASION gifts must be 
simple, useful and decorator styled. 
These requirements immediately suggest 
a lamp, planter or perhaps ash trays, all 
designed and handcrafted with just a touch 
of flair. The lamp bases and planters pic- 
tured below and on the opposite page are 
selected examples of what you can do with 
the simplest equipment, most of which you 
may already have at hand. 

All the items pictured are plaster cast- 
ings, made with what is known to the trade 
as molding plaster. The lamp base below is 
made with plaster, a detergent container 
and a large ,toy balloon. The essential 
three steps in the casting procedure are 
shown in the details at the left. First, cut 
the bottom out of the detergent can and 
unscrew the cap. Then attach the balloon 
to the neck of the can, using a length of 
fine wire, or better still, a pipe cleaner, 
which can be twisted tightly, yet is easily 
loosened quickly. Fill the balloon with 
water, then empty into a container. The 
amount of water contained in the balloon 
will give a measure of the amount of plas- 
ter you will need to mix. 

With everything in readiness at the 
kitchen sink or laundry tubs, including a 
length of H-in. threaded fixture pipe, mix 
the plaster in a large shallow pan with a 
pouring lip. For best results the mix should 
be about the consistency of heavy cream 
so that it will pour easily. At this point it 
will facilitate the procedure if you have 




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GIFTS 



someone to help you. Molding plaster sets 
quickly and once mixed to a uniform con- 
sistency without any lumps, it must be used 
immediately. Squeeze the balloon lightly 
with one hand to force out the air it may 
contain and have your helper pour about 
one third of the plaster into the can. With- 
out delay, blow lightly into the can as in 
the center detail on the opposite page. This 
will force the plaster into the balloon. 
Repeat this procedure as rapidly as pos- 
sible until the balloon is full. 

Now remove the filled balloon from the 
detergent can and place it on a flat surface. 
Allow the easting to spread somewhat so 
that it takes the bulbous form pictured. 
The bottom will flatten and for this reason 
it’s important to hold the cast in the per- 
pendicular position. Next, working quickly, 
open the balloon carefully and insert the 
threaded pipe, one end of which has been 
plugged with a dowel, into the neck of the 
cast and push down to the bottom. Make 
sure that the pipe stands perpendicular to 
the surface on which the cast is placed. 
Now, working lightly with the tips of the 



Use cart when working cosling out of plastic mold. 
Plotler should bo fully hardened before removal 



Above, planters of various sixes make useful gifts. 
6*1 aw r mixed plaster should be poured into mold 
without delay- Right, after casting has been removed 
from mold, smooth by rubbing on coarse sandpaper 



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183 





Rectangular lamp bate* and ash tray* are easily 
made by using cardboard boxes or utontils as molds 




Above, "hand 'trowel" I He plaster into card board 'box 
mold. Below, when plaster Has set, strip off Hex. 
Right, smooth top of catting with file and sandpaper 




fingers, form the neck of the cast around 
the threaded pipe, shaping to a true curve 
and uniform diameter. 

As soon as the pouring is finished, have 
your helper wash the utensils and the sink 
or laundry tubs thoroughly. Do not permit 
even a small quantity of mixed plaster to 
enter the drain from the sink or tubs, as 
a residue may be left to harden in the trap, 
even though the drain is flushed with a 
quantity of water. 

When the plaster cast has set, tear off 
the balloon and force the dowel plug out 
of the threaded pipe. Form a groove in the 
plaster casting from the outer edge of the 
flat bottom to the threaded pipe, using a 
round file. This groove permits the lamp 
cord to he led out at the side of the base. 
To finish up the job, wire a socket, slip a 
brass spacing neck over the threaded pipe, 
fit a harp and the socket, add a shade of 
your choice and there you are. By sizing 
the plaster casting you can decorate it with 
colored cutouts, or paint it in any color 
and pattern that suits your fancy. Cement 
%-in. felt to the bottom of the base. 

Using various types of plastic containers, 
bread tins, even a cardboard box which 
originally contained grass seed, you can 
make the lamp and planters pictured on 
page 183 and also the lamp base at the left. 
In making these the procedure differs 
somewhat from that used in making the 
balloon lamp base. You use a somewhat 
heavier and thicker plaster mix and press 
it onto the sides of the container with your 
hand, building up, by successive stages 
where necessary, until you have a thick- 
ness of % in. or more. Wait until the 
plaster has hardened, then tear off the con- 
tainer and smooth the top edges of the 
casting with a file or by inverting and rub- 
bing on a sheet of coarse sandpaper as in 
one of the illustrations. 

An attractive planter can be made by us- 
ing two bread tins, one small and one large 
one. Pour a creamy mix of piaster in the 




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larger and then press the smaller tin in- 
side the larger one until the plaster is 
forced up to the top edge. Center the 
smaller tin and hold in position until the 
plaster sets. Then carefully remove the 
smaller tin and work the casting out of the 
larger one. Using the same procedure you 
can make round planters by using a child’s 
plastic sand pail and a plastic juice con- 
tainer. Mix and pour the plaster in the 
large container as before and place the 
smaller one inside, pressing it down until 
the plaster is forced to the top of the pail. 
Hold in place until the plaster sets, then 
remove the juice container and pail and 
smooth the edges of the casting. Finally, 
note the base of the lamp in the upper right- 
hand photo on page 183. This is made by 
using two separate containers of the type 
used to store leftovers in the refrigerator. 
Two separate castings are made and when 
the plaster has hardened a hole is centered 
through both to take the threaded pipe. 
Smooth the meeting faces of the two parts, 
then join tightly by running seating rings 
and nuts on the threaded pipe. By using 
containers of different sizes you get the 
attractive offset base pictured, * * * 



Refinishing Camera Paris 
To Original Black Finish 

After a period of long, hard service brass 
parts on a camera will lose their black oxi- 
dized finish. To restore the finish add 
copper sulphate, Vi tsp., to water, 4 oz. t 
and allow it to dissolve. Add sodium car- 
bonate, or washing soda gradually until 
the precipitate stops forming, A small 
amount of household ammonia will dis- 
solve the precipitate and turn the solution 
a deep blue. Now clean the parts to be 
oxidized and dip them in the solution for 
about one minute. Wash them with clean 
water and dry them. The brass should turn 
black in a few minutes. 



Floor and Wax Wisdom 



The hard work involved in caring for tile 
or linoleum floors is eliminated by a wise 
choice and use of cleaning and polishing 
products. According to the Johnson’s Wax 
Company, there are two basic types of floor 
wax — polishing and liquid self- polishing. 
The self-polishing type is best applied with 
a fleece applicator, as shown above. It 
dries to a bard shiny finish and requires 
no buffing. Polishing wax, which comes 
in liquid and paste form, requires buffing 
but affords longer lasting protection and a 
higher luster. In applying liquid polishing 
wax, a cloth mop is preferable to a sponge 
mop as the cloth releases the wax move 
evenly for a smoother, glossier coat. Most 
liquid polishing waxes clean as they are 
applied requiring no preparatory scrub- 
bing. A solvent in the liquid loosens the 
soil which is then picked up by the cloth. 
However, this solvent has a softening effect 
on plastic and asphalt floor tile. Any good 
self-polishing wax is preferable on these 
surfaces. For linoleum which has become 
old and porous, two thin and even coats 
are recommended with at least four hours 
of drying time allowed between coats. 

New Lease on Life 
For Rubber Suction Cups 

With much use and exposure to sun and 
weather, the inner surfaces of rubber suc- 
tion cups, such as are used on auto- top 
carriers, may lose their smoothness, be- 
come checked and dry and refuse to stick. 
Their restoration is a simple process. Rub 
the inner surfaces with fine sandpaper and 
then brush on a thin coating of plastic 
rubber, available in any hardware store. 
Allow the cups to dry over night before 
attempting to use them. This treatment 
will give the suction cups a new, live- 
rubber finish. 




Socket-Head Screws 



Driven With Nail Clipper 

In an emergency, 
such as an automo- 
bile breakdown, if 
a socket-head 
screwdriver is 
needed and there 
is not one at hand, 
try using the blade 
of a fingernail clip- 
per instead. The 
blade is usually 
about the right 
size to fit one of 
the slots of the 



screw. 




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185 




5 SHOP SHORT CUTS 







When sawing 

plastic or hard- 
wood, a jigsaw 
blade will cut with 
less friction, and 
therefore remain 
sharp longer, if it 
is lubricated with 
candle or beeswax. 
Unlike oil, the wax 
will not soil the 
work. 

Mitered edges of 
craft work can be 
protected from 
nicks while await- 
ing assembly by 
covering them 
with masking tape 
creased down the 
center. Tape is 
peeled off just pri- 
or to assembly. 

One C-clamp 

often may be made 
to serve as two 
clamps by using 
short lengths of 
steel angle under 
both jaws of the 
clamp. These steel 
“pads" will dis- 
tribute the clamp- 
ing pressure over 
a greater area. 

Tool stops at the 
ends of a lathe 
tool rest will pre- 
vent the chisel 
from accidentally 
sliding off the end 
and gouging the 
work. Stops can be 
formed by upset- 
ting the metal, or 
with solder. 

Round bottles of 
varying diameters 
make perfect 
ready-made sand- 
ing blocks for 
smoothing con- 
tours and concave 
molding. Abrasive 
paper is wrapped 
around bottle and 
held with adhesive 
tape. 



OIL BURNER CHAMBER 
RELINED 

“CERAMIC” FELT 

D AMAGED CERAMIC linings in oil- 
burning home furnaces can now be 
relined with “ceramic felt" at a fraction 
of the cost involved when the customary 
firebrick-relining job is made, according 
to Socony Mobil Laboratories. Reason for 
the smaller cost is a drastic reduction in 
installation time; % hr. for ceramic felt 
and about 6 hrs. for removal and replace- 
ment of a brick lining. The latter must be 
installed by a competent repairman, but a 
felt lining can be installed by the home- 
owner at a considerable saving. 

Originally developed for insulating avia- 
tion jet engines, the new material is made 
of alumina and silica fibers bonded to- 
gether to form a flexible blanket-like 
substance. Manufacturers of two of these 
products now on the market report that 
as a combust) on -chamber lining, it weighs 
much less than a brick lining, permits the 
furnace to develop maximum temperature 
faster and reduces noise. 

Ceramic felt may be purchased in mat 
form, or as a kit that consists of a stain- 
less steel outer liner and enough felt ma- 
terial for most any installation. The outer 
liner helps to keep the felt in place and 
provides a rigid backing. Mat thickness of 
in. and a density of 10 to 12 lb. is 
recommended. The material may be in- 
stalled in any damaged brick, precast or 
steel combustion chamber that has enough 
strength to serve as a retainer for the new 



Sncmiji MOWl OH CO.. lTVr. 





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liner. It should not be used when the 
bricks in an existing chamber are oil- 
soaked due to a misfire, in which case a 
new' brick lining is needed. 

The usual repair procedure is to first 
remove the access plate of the furnace and 
obtain the following measurements: diam- 
eter of the chamber, chamber height, dis- 
tance of blast tube from chamber floor and 
diameter of blast tube. Then place the mat 
on a flat surface, outline the liner to be 
cut from the above dimensions, and cut it 
to fit as shown in the drawing below left. 
To find the liner length, multiply the 




diameter of the chamber by 3.14 and add 
6 in. for overlap at the ends. Allow Vk-in. 
clearance around the blast tube, and lo- 
cate the hole for the latter about 6 in. 
from one end so that the lap occurs close 
to the tube. Use a pair of heavy scissors 
or a knife to cut the felt. Installation of 
the liner is easy. Simply roll it up as in 
the illustration above and place it in the 
chamber so that the end with the hole can 
be slipped over the blast tube. Then push 
the liner into position against the old 
chamber wall as shown below and the 
furnace is ready to go again. * ★ + 




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Reels in Electric- Fence Wire 
With Auto Starting Motor 

The hard work involved in winding up 
electric-fence wire is entirely eliminated 
with this simple device. An automobile 
starting motor is used to drive a shaft by 
means of a V-belt. The shaft is mounted 
between two water-pump bearings, and the 
original spool is fitted on one end. By using 
a reduction pulley, the shaft turns at about 
H the speed of the motor, furnishing 
enough power to reel the wire in at a safe 
handling speed. Mounted on the front of a 
truck on an A-frame, the device reels in Vz 
mi, of wire in a few minutes. 

Heavy Asphalf Building Paper 
Cut Without Grab or Binding 

Small difficulties in routine jobs can slow 
progress considerably. For example, it is 
hard to make a clean cut in asphalt or 
other heavy building paper because the 
edge of the paper will often pull and gather 
in front of the knife blade. The job can be 
simplified if the roll is placed face down, 
as illustrated, and the cut is started about 
2 in. in from the edge. With a sharp lino- 
leum knife, cut across the paper and then 
cut the remaining 2-in. margin. 

Daniel Bousha, Jackson, Mich, 

Belt-and-Pocket Hints 
For Wandering Pencils 

A rubber band looped several times 
around your belt makes a convenient pen- 
cil holder. The pencil will always be in 
reach and won’t be broken when you bend 
over, as it often is when carried in a trou- 
sers pocket. If you carry several clip-on 
pens and pencils, a shirt breast pocket is a 
good place to keep them. However, they 
may be hard to clip on and remove from a 
shirt made of heavy material. In this case, 
fold a piece of celluloid over the edge of 
the pocket. This saves much tugging and 
prevents frayed pocket edges. 

R, Hanscom, Elmhurst, HL 

Hats Stored and Protected 
In Hanging Closet Shelf 

A convenient place in which to store hats 
is made by cutting away the top and one 
end of a cardboard box and tacking it to 
the underside of a closet shelf, as illustrat- 
ed. In cutting away the top, leave a strip 
about 2 in. wide on each side. The strips are 
then bent outward and the tacks inserted 
through them. If desired, a box of greater 
length may be used, Cut away one side in- 
stead of an end and attach the box in the 
same manner. This will allow you to store 
several hats safe from crushing or soiling. 

G. E. Hendrickson, Argyle, Wis. 



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Unit Controls Room Lights for Home -Movie Projection 



THIS LIGHT-CONTROL UNIT places 
complete control of the floor lamp or other 
room lights at the home-movie or slide pro- 
jectionist’s finger tips, making it unnec- 
essary to grope in the dark for the light 
switch. The unit consists of two 61 Am- 
phenol female receptacles (with removable 
mounting plates), a toggle switch and a 61 
Amphenol male plug, all mounted in a 
small metal box. The male plug, leading to 
the current source, is wired directly to the 
projector receptacle. This in turn is wired 
to the lamp receptacle with the “hot” wire 
running through the switch as illustrated. 
If desired, a tape recorder or phonograph 
may be used with the projector. In this 
case, an additional female receptacle is 
wired directly to the male plug and to one 
of the light leads, as shown in the illustra- 
tion at the right. The additional receptacle 
is also “hot” and current is controlled at 
the phonograph. 






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projector 



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183 





4MIWE PROBLEMS 



1. THE SPUTTERING OF CANDIES can be disturbing 

during candlelight dinners gr on other occasion* 
where a hushed atmosphere is desired. To avoid 
this annoyance, first dip Ihe candles in a can of 
thinned shellac. The candles will burn quietly 
and evenly all through the dinner or ceremony 



2> WOODEN KNOBS on doors and drawers often 
persist in taming loose no matter how many times 
you tighten them. The problem is permanently solved 
by lightening the mounting screw and then driving a 
wire brad into the knob from inside the drawer or 
door. On hardwood knobs, a dab of glue will do 



3. SKELETON KEYS often ore left in the door pur- 
posely far the sake of convenience and ore just os 
often fosf. To keep them from falling out or to pre- 
vent children from taking them, place a strip of 
adhesive tape across the vertical slot of the key- 
hale H or tie them to the doorknob with a siring 



Am FLOOR MOPS that are stored in comers or be- 
tween a wall and on appliance, have a way of fall- 
ing into inaccessible places. Prevent this by taping 
a shoehorn to the handle so that it hooks over the 
edge of the bucket. This keeps the mop standing up- 
right while it is in storage or when it h In use 



5. CLOTHES HUNG OUT TO AIR are often carried 
down ihe clothes line before a good stiff breeze and 
may fall off and become soiled. No need to repeat 
the experience. They con be made fo stay put with 
the use of a common fruit-jar rubber. Double the 
rubber aver the clothes line and slip the hanger 
through the fold, No breeze can move them now 



6. UPRIGHT PIANOS and spinets that see hard and 
frequent use will invariably creep along the surface 
of a polished floor. To keep ihem the recommended 
distance from the wall, screw Two wggden door- 
stops of the required length to the baseboard 
so that they strike the piano in back at each end 

7, DON'T SURROUND YOURSELF with a pile of 
chewed-up ceramic tile. Cutting the tile to fit around 
fixtures and into corners need not be exasperating nor 
expensive. Use an ordinary gloss cutter to scare 
the glazed surface. Then crack the tile by placing 
if on g drill bit and applying pressure evenly 




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LIGHTWEIGHT 

ICE-FISHING 

SHELTEK 



LIGHTWEIGHT AND COMPACT, this 
portable ice-fishing shelter can be set up 
in a matter of minutes and offers maxi- 
mum protection against wind and weather. 
The upright sections of the frame are 1-in. 
aluminum tubing, 72 in. high. The cross 
members are %-in. aluminum tubing, 48 
in. long. The ends of the cross members arc 
closed with wooden plugs into which are 
inserted 3 16-in. machine screws. Two V 4 
x Vi-in. slots which receive the screw heads 
are cut in one end of the uprights. The 
canvas is a piece of water-repellent khaki 
drill measuring 75 x 156 in. A l*4-in. seam 
is sewn along the top and 2-in. seams along 
the tent wall as indicated in the diagram. 
The roof is a triangular section of canvas 
measuring 50 in. on each side, one side be- 
ing stitched to the back tent wall. A grom- 
met and rope placed opposite this sewn 
edge will allow you to secure the roof 
tightly. To set the tent up, measure off and 
mark three points on the ice at the proper 
intervals and drill holes here 2 in, deep. 
Slip the canvas over the uprights and 
place the uprights in the holes. Now in- 
stall the cross members and pull the roof 
down. The 5-in. overlap at the bottom can 
be pulled in and weighted down to keep 
the wind out. / 

Anchored to the ice, arid lit facing / 

prevailing winds, the lent off an sturdy / 

and comfortable shelter for one or / . 

two-man fishing expeditions. Venh- / X - 

lotion it through top joint openings / 4 



JiV MACHINE StftfWS 
WOODEN PLUG \ / 

'■* i *-j" SLOT jjT 



ALUMINUM 

TUBING 



TUBING 



IV SEAMS 



HOPE LOOP STITCHED TO 
- OUTSIDE WALL 



2" SEAMS 



SASH COSO 
IN GROMMET 



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BUILDING THE 

24-FT. Pill HOUSEBOHI 



PART m 




Twin nail on forward dock alia urvi far Haring 
gear, Inclined for comfort, isoti hsva laata tvihioni 
and lrff»oat lid* to giv* ocean to ttoradl fonder* and 
mooring linos. Holes in tha and* ventilate interior 



T AST MONTH we explained how to 
I j plank the fore and after decks, trim 
the cabin "cockpit' 1 and erect the cabin it- 
self. This included the framing of the after 
deck and companionway hatches, as well as 
covering the cabin roof and hatch covers 
with glass fiber. 

The plywood coaming around the for- 
ward deck is added next. In studying Fig, 
30 you will see that the coaming appears 
to be a continuation of the cabin sides in 
that it is of the same thickness, maintains 
the same 5 deg. inward rake and is located 
in line, Across the front, the coaming slants 
inward 70 deg. Beveled cleats screwed and 
glued to the deck planking provide a base 
for gluing and screwing the coaming. A 
rabbeted molding trims and stiffens the 
upper edges of the coaming and a strip of 
1-in. half-round molding, which extends the 
length of the cabin, is used to cover the 
rabbet joint. A knee brace adds rigidity to 




KNEE BRACE 

j." plywood 



' BOW 
FRAME 



- ji \Vt" 
MOLDING 



SECTION A-A 



V' * 1" 

BEVELED 
CLEAT -*■ 



I" HALF-JtOOND 
MOLDING 



* Hi rabbeted strip ->*1 



SCUPPER 



?»’■ PLYWOOD 



194 






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I 



4 



8. EVER IOOK FOR A Nll&tf *n a hoyitock? How 
about at the bottom of a tawing basket? Those looie 
needle* and pint ore bard to find ond they can prove 
dangerous. A simple way ta (tore them ik to stuff 
a small wad of cotton into a thread iqkL Be lure 
to pack, the cotton loosely so that little pressure 
it needed to Insert or remove the needles and pirn 



9- IN AN EMERGENCY, a frozen-food container ii 
yours for the making if you have on empty milk ear- 
ton handy, Remove the staples frpm the carton and 
cut owoy a bond ^4 in. wide from the top. Fold ihe 
top dosed so that the triangular flap ends fold down 
along the sides, Ihe edges of the tap will now join 
snugly against one amJher and me cut-away band 
con be used to secure the container closed. Its si i* 
and shape make it ideal far freezer storage 









place sand 



FOLD DOWN THE 
END FLAPS 



SEMOVf K* 
BAND FROM TOR 



FEBRUARY I960 



191 



itf I *-o-* 




Western Book Ends for Den or Library 





SlOTS *" MEP 



If*" DOWELS 



YOU WILL FIND this eye-catching set of 
hook ends for the western section of your 
library appropriate for the living room or 
den. The back is cut from Vz-iti. walnut 
and measures 5 x 4V6 in. Trim and chamfer 
the edges and drill the bottom end with 
three 3 16-in. holes. The base is %-in. wal- 
nut and measures AVz x 5 in. It is trimmed 
and chamfered like the back. Along its 
back edge cut out a section measuring 
in. wide and % in. deep. Set the remain- 
ing strip with 3/16-in. dowels. Dowel and 
glue the two sections together and allow 
to dry. Cut the figures from 3 16-in. birch 
and mount and glue them into Mi-in, slots 
cut into the base and back. Now finish 
the book ends with clear varnish and wax. 




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the coaming across the bow. This is placed 
on the centerline of the hull and screwed 
securely into the deck king plank. Drain 
holes are necessary at the base of the coam- 
ing to permit water awash to drain from 
the deck. These are fanned through both 
the cleats and the coaming at the deck line. 
A couple of such holes on each side will be 
adequate. Rub rails at the sheer are made 
of oak and are glued and screwed in place 
so they project kj in. above the covering 
boards. Drain notches, called scuppers, are 
made in the rails about 4 ft. apart. These 
can be formed after the rails are in place, 
making them about 3 in. wide and chiseling 
them even with the top surface of the cov- 
ering boards. The rub rail across the bow* 
is built up in the manner shown in the sec- 
tion view A- A. Fig. 30. Consisting of three 
separate pieces which extend to the outside 
faces of the sheer rub rails, the top piece, 
called a toe rail, is shaped according to Fig. 
29. Although it is cut from 1 Vs -in. -thick 
stock, it is easily sprung to the curved deck 
with clamps. Bed it in bedding compound 





H” lift-out 

FAN£l . 



H" X 2" CUSHION 
RETAINING STRIP 



Below, water for drinking and washing it stored in 
tank housed in padded seat perched stop cabin roof 



fOfttOKX 
STORAGE SEAT, 
SAMI PORT AND 
STAHftOARD 



VENT HOLES 




DECK BEAM 



x 4 PLYWOOD SIftEPS 



BOW STIFFENERS 



BEhtTri BOARD CLEAT 



2 fltPTH BEAM 



BEfiTH BEAM 



FIOCM 

CHAT 



- 13 - * 22 
PLYWOOD 



COAMING 



10V 



X7 XJ 

33 SECTION AT FRAME 2 LOOKING FORWARD 



4 




and anchor it securely with flat- 
headed wood screws placed 6 to 8 
in. apart. The edges of the toe rail 
should he rounded and sanded 
smooth. Finally, a flat molding, 
beveled on the bottom, is applied 
at the base of the coaming and 
along the cabin sides. Half-round 
molding is used to conceal the plys 
of the wood at the front corners of 
the cabin and also at the front cor- 
ners of the coaming. i 

Two stowage seats fitted with 
loose cushions are added to the 
forward deck, but you should first 
waterproof the deck by laying 
glass-fiber cloth in a wet coat of 
polyester resin, followed by a sec- 
ond coat, as was done in the case 
of the cabin roof. Fig. 32 shows 
clearly how the seats are framed, 
both being alike, with lift-out i 

panels being provided to give ac- 
cess to space below for stowing 
lenders and mooring lines. The 
cushions are tailored to fit from 
foam rubber and plastic fabric and 
are kept in place by mahogany 
trim pieces. 

The combination seat and fresh- 
water tank, which mounts on the 
cabin roof, can be made now. Built 
iike a box, it is framed around a 
custom-made metal tank in the 
manner shown in Fig. 31. Three 
cross members cut to conform to 
the roof curvature, support the 
tank Vfe in. of! the roof so that wa- * 

ter will drain under it. Actual 
fastening of the tank to the roof is 
done later. The seat cushions are 
standard life-preserver cushions. 

The tank, of course, is fitted with 
a filler tube and cap located under 
a hole covered by a swing plate. 

1 % 





ACCESS OPENING 



PLASTIC COVERED 



* 1 VS" mahogany 



PlYWOOO 



The twin forward berths make use of the 
space under the deck for leg room and the 
plan and sectional profile views in Part I 
show their arrangement. Cross beams fas- 
tened to frames 1 and 2 support the part 
of the berth that extends under the deck 
and you will see in Fig, 33 that the beam 
at frame 2 is placed 10^ in. from the top of 
the bottom frame member. The beam at 
frame 1 is placed at a point which will make 
the berth level (parallel) with the water 
line. A batten, set in notches in the beams, 
supports the berth plywood at the center. 





FEBRUARY I960 



Additional support at frame 2 is provided 
by a plywood gusset which is notched to 
fit over the floor battens and screwed to 
the after faces of both the berth beam and 
the bottom frame member. Fitting this 
gusset in place will require the removal of 
a section of the temporary floor. But after 
it is installed and cleats are applied to the 
gusset to support the floor, the latter can 
be permanently fastened to the battens. 
Fig. 33 also shows a support cleat across 
the top of the plywood gusset. This sup* 
ports one end of a separate berth board 
which is used to provide sleeping accom- 
modations for another person. The board 
is merely a panel of plywood that bridges 
the area between the twin berths after the 
ladder is removed. The boat'd stores back 
under the forward deck. 

Each berth extends aft to frame 3 and is 
framed in the manner shown in Fig. 34. A 
lift-out panel provides access to the space 
under each berth and rests in a rabbet 
formed around the openings with cleats. 
Side walls are formed by nailing 4-in. strips 
of ^i-in. plywood to the frame side mem- 
bers and to the stiffeners at the bow. These 



strips terminate at frame 3 and are spaced 
Vz in. apart. Loose cushions of foam rub- 
ber and plastic fabric are tailored to fit the 
berths. Here, again, trim strips of mahog- 
any are added along the edges to retain the 
cushions. Small blocks are screwed and 
glued at the ends of the trim strips to sup- 
port the removable berth board. 

Twin storage lockers stand at the ends 
of the berths. Fig. 37. While identical in 
overall size, the portside locker is fitted 
with drawers for storing dish ware, whereas 
the starboard locker houses the drum and 
tiller cables for the steering wheel. Details 
of the two lockers are given in Figs. 35 and 
36. Both lockers also have lip- type cabinet 
doors of mahogany, and plastic covered 
tops. The starboard locker has an optional 
access opening in the forward side which 
makes it more convenient to reach and 
service the tiller cables if and when neces- 
sary. Both lockers are custom fitted right 
against the side planking and the cabin 
sides and are notched to fit over the coam- 
ing members. Doubler blocks are used to 
backup the plywood for attaching the cable 
pulleys and the steering wheel hub in the 




PlYWOOD 



V UP 

drawer front 



' La — lJ 

i 

GUIDE FASTENED j 
TO UNDERSIDE OF 
DRAWER 



I ABIE SUPPORT 
CLEAT V k 4 ■ * 30- 



TABLE IN BERTH 
POSITION 



1 * 7 FftAM 
CLEATS 

DRAWER RUNNER 



FRAMING OF DINING NOOK 39 



198 



POPULAR MECHANICS 




manner shown in Fig. 38. The latter is cen- 
tered and mounted about 4 in* down from 
the top of the locker. Regular nylon pulleys 
are purchased for the tiller cables, and to 
save wear, metal sleeves are pressed in the 
cable holes previously made in the hull 
frames. 

Before the bench-table- bed unit is framed 
in place, a Vi-in, plywood wall must be ap- 
plied between the starboard locker and 
frame 6. This is fitted between the floor and 
the clamp members and screwed to the 
side members of the hull frames. Openings 
should be provided at strategic places in 
the wall to permit the cables to be reached 
in an emergency. Such openings would be 
closed with lift-out panels held with a cou- 
ple of screws. 

The table-and-bed unit detailed in Figs. 
39 and 41 contains storage space galore. 
To convert the unit to a full-size bed, the 
table is unhooked and lowered to fill the 
gap between the twin benches. Supporting 
cleats let the table top rest flush with the 
benches and a separate tailored cushion 
brings the center section up level with the 
others. When the table is used for dining, 
the extra fill-in cushion is stored up under 
the forward deck along with bedding. The 
unit, which also provides a seat for the 
helmsman, is built amidships right in place 
(Continued to page 242) 



LADDER 

LOCK HARDWARE 



RUBBER 

STEP PLATE 



REMOVABLE 

LADDER 



- - ■ x 29 " * 42' r PLYWOOD 
COVERED WITH PLASTIC (LAMINATE 



'“TABLE 

FASTENER 



HINGED 



HINGED 



TABLE LEG SWINGS 
UNDER WHEN TABLE 
TOP BECOMES BERTH 



?' H 9 m it I2" 

SILVERWARE 
DRAWER, LIP 
FRONT 



TABLE FASTENER 



TABLE CONSTRUCTION 



FEBRUARY 1960 



199 













200 



Knitting Needle Keeps Tongs 
Out of Photo Developer 

When developing photo prints, tongs for 
handling the wet prints usually are placed 
with the handle resting on the tray edge 
where frequently they slide into the solu- 
tion. To prevent this, so that the fingers 
don’t become contaminated with developer 
chemicals, one photo hobbyist secured a 
3- in. length of plastic knitting needle to 
each of his tongs as shown in the photo at 
left. A short rubber band looped over the 
handle of the tongs and the ends of the 
length of needle holds it in place. 

Ken Patterson, Sa.sk., Canada 

Small Parts Storage Cabinet 

Here is an excellent storage cabinet for 
screws, bolts, washers and other small parts 
used around the shop. Made of 1-in. white 
pine and fitted with plywood doors, the 
unique feature of the cabinet is the use of 
aluminum trays or pans in which frozen 
dinners are sold. The tray lips slide in 
Va- in. -wide by %-in.-deep grooves cut in the 
cabinet walls and partition. The grooves 
are spaced to provide Ms in, clearance be- 
tween trays. 

B. Pedersen, Lake Charles, La. 

Clothespin Used to Start Screws 
In Hard-to-Reach Places 

When starting a screw in a place that 
cannot be reached with the fingers, one 
home craftsman grips it with a spring-type 
clothespin to which a screwdriver is taped 
as in the photo at left. After the screw has 
been started, the clothespin is removed and 
the screw is driven in the usual manner. 

Harry Miller, Sarasota, Fla. 

Shutoff Switch for Power Mower 
Made From Wooden Block and Cord 

For safety a gasoline engine-powered 
lawn mower should have a shutoff switch 
within convenient reach of the operator. 
Such a switch can easily be rigged by at- 
taching a length of cord to a small wooden 
block and inserting it between the shut- 
off blade and spark plug as shown in the 
photo at left. First it is necessary to bend 
the blade so that it contacts the plug when 
the block is removed. The other end of the 
cord is tied to the mower handle where it 
can be reached quickly in an emergency. 
Other engine-driven equipment can be 
equipped with the same type of switch. 

H. Han scorn. Elmhurst, 111. 

POPULAR MECHANICS 



i 




FOR TRUMPET PlAYERS 



PAST AND PRESENT 



By Robert Gannon 



T HAT OLD beat up trumpet long stored away 
with musical memories of high-school days, can 
be put into first-class shape again for your teen-age 
son. Spend a few hours taking out dents, cleaning, 
oiling and polishing it and very likely you will have 
the old horn in like-new condition again. About all 
it will cost is a few dollars for replacement springs 
and washers. 

Begin the repair job by disassembling the trumpet 
so that you can give it a thorough cleaning and note 
what parts are defective. The most common wind- 
instrument ailment is sticking parts. Slides corrode 
in place, the mouthpiece won’t come loose and 
valves become sluggish. 

When removing the parts that slide into one an- 
other, keep in mind that you are working with 
metal that is fairly soft and thin. Use force with 
caution. First saturate the joint with penetrating 
oil, allowing at least one hour for it to dissolve 
gummy residue formed between the telescoped sur- 
faces, before trying to separate the parts. Then, in 
the case of a stuck mouthpiece, hold the instrument 
as shown in the photo below and tap the receiver 
with a rawhide or wooden mallet, working around 
it once or twice. If this fails to loosen the part, hold 
the receiver against a softwood block and strike it 
slightly harder than before. As a last resort, wrap 
the mouthpiece in several layers of cloth and clamp 
it in a vise. Then tap the receiver while pulling on 
the trumpet, 

A good way to loosen a valve slide is to apply 
penetrating oil to the joint, loop a rope through the 






FEBRUARY i960 




VALVE ASSEMBLY 

WASHER 1 



BUTTON 



OUTSIDE ' 
TUNING SLIDE 



FERRULE 



INSIDE TUNING 
SLIDE 



PISTON 



WATER-KEY 

ASSEMBLY 



SPRING 



ADJUSTING 

NUTS 



SPRING 



RECEIVER 



REAR BELL BRACE 



ROD HOLDER 



mouthpiece 



FINGER grip "A" 
>^/jRONT BELL BRACE 



NIPPLE /g 
WASHER 



SCREW 



1ST VALVE- SLiDE 
ASSEMBLY 



2ND VA LVi- SLIDE 
ASSEMBLY 



VALVES 



3RD valve. slide 
ASSEMBLY 




crook and then clamp the ends in a vise, so 
that the part can be jerked free as in the 
drawing on page 201. If it fails to come 
loose, apply heat to the telescoped portion 
and try again, being careful not to melt the 
solder on attached parts. 

When disassembling the three valves, 
you may find that the top and bottom caps 
can’t be budged by hand. Don’t use a pair 
of pliers to remove them, but follow the 
penetrating-oil mallet-tapping routine de- 
scribed. A piston that is stuck in its lowest 
position, making it impossible to get a good 
grip on it, can be removed by unscrewing 
the button from the stem and connecting a 
bolt or nut to it, depending upon the con- 
struction of the stem. If the piston cannot 
be removed by hand, apply oil from both 
sides and tap the stem, driving the piston 
out of the casing. 

After the instrument has been disassem- 
bled, soak all the metal parts for two hours 
in a strong solution of water and detergent. 
Then work a soapy cloth through the tubu- 
lar parts, rinse all parts with clean water 
and dry them with a chamois. Wrap cloth 
around a pencil or toothpick to clean small 
slots and orifices. When reassembling the 
valves, coat the pistons with a grade of oil 
recommended by the manufacturer and be 
sure to install them in the right casings. 
If the pistons still stick after cleaning and 
oiling them, the following should be done. 
Coat the pistons with a thin film of Lava 
soap, lathered and applied with a shaving 
brush. Then work each one into its respec- 
tive casing until the action feels smooth. 
Add a few drops of water as needed to keep 
the soap fluid. Clean, rinse and oil the 
pistons again before reassembling. Valve 



POPULAR MECHANICS 



springs and worn leather or felt valve 
washers should be replaced. New ones can 
be purchased at most large musical-instru- 
ment stores. The portions of parts that are 
fitted together when reassembled, also 
should be coated lightly with oil. The cork 
washer on the water key must close tight 
against the nipple on the tuning slide. If the 
cork is worn, dig it out and replace it with 
a new one, using shellac for cement. When 
doing this, hold a dime between the nipple 
and cork and press down on the key to seat 
the cork properly. 

Although most dents are not likely to be 
deep enough to affect the tone quality of a 
trumpet, they do detract from its appear- 
ance, To remove a dent in a tube that is 
straight from the open end to the dent, a 
tapered metal rod is used as indicated in 
the drawing, page 202, left center. The rod 
should be of solid stock in. less in diam- 
eter than the tube. After grinding the rod 
to a blunt, tapered point, it is inserted in 
the tube and tapped through the dent area 
gently, being careful not to tear or batter 
the metal. 

If the dent is in a crook of a tuning or 
valve slide, you will have to use a ball bear- 
ing and a driver to straighten it as shown 
in the drawing. The driver, cut from the 
unthreaded portion of a bolt, is of a length 
and diameter that will just pass the curved 
section of the tube. The edges are ground 
round to avoid scratching the tube. The 
ball used should be of a size that will per- 
mit it to lodge between the dented and 
undented walls of the tube when dropped 
into the open end. After the ball has been 
lodged in place, the driver is dropped into 
the tube and it is swung in an arc so as to 
cause the driver to strike the ball. The ball 
and driver are greased with petroleum jelly 
to reduce abrasion and prevent them from 
becoming stuck unintentionally. For deep 
dents it may be necessary to use several 
sizes of balls, starting with one that is 
slightly larger than the passage at the dent 
and changing to larger ones as the dent is 
worked out. 

A bent mouthpiece can be straightened 
without much difficulty. Simply block it up 
in a vise to apply leverage at the desired 
places as shown in the photo at the bottom 
of page 202. Use softwood blocks for this 
purpose to avoid marring the metal. Soft- 
wood also forms easily to the contours of 
the mouthpiece when pressure is applied, 
providing a better grip. 

A first -class trumpet restoration also in- 
cludes a polishing job. This should be done 
with a 6-in. buffing wheel turning at 3500 
to 4000 rpm. Red or black rouge may be 
used for a buffing compound. Buffing, of 
course, cannot remove scratches. * * * 




Small Stock Clamped on Holder 
Can't Spin When Drilled 

To avoid the danger of having thin stock 
spin suddenly when the drill bit breaks 
through it, one safety-minded home crafts- 
man uses a paddle-shaped holder to which 
the stock is clamped as shown above. The 
clamping feature is provided by four bolts 
with washers and wing nuts fitted in slots 
cut diagonally in the holder. These permit 
stock of various sizes to be clamped quickly 
in place. Plywood V* in. thick is ideal for 
this purpose but other thicknesses may be 
used as well. 

M. Robert Beasley, Jackson, Mich. 

Spray Ad/usfmenf Won't Work 
When Shower Head ti Blocked 

When the head of a shower pours forth 
a thick stream of water regardless of how 
the spray is regulated, it is quite likely that 
the holes are stopped up. To correct this, 
remove the head and scour the inside sur- 
face with steel wool. This will dislodge the 
hardened material from all but a few holes. 
To clean the latter and remove remaining 
particles from the other holes, thread a 
darning needle having a maximum diam- 
eter slightly less than the holes and pass it 
through each one. The needle does a good 
job of removing loosened material when 
threaded with coarse yam or string. 



FEBRUARY 1960 



203 



HOME PLUMBING REPAIRS 




the sink location, the auger is inserted 
through entry points at various locations 
in the line as indicated in Fig. 1, At each 
of these entry points there is a cleanout 
fitting, detail B, from which the plug must 



ROOF VENT 



CLEAN I NO 
STOPPED UP 
SINK DRAIN 



KITCHEN 

SINK 



A ToiltMonk hall ii pressed into drain seat fo 
prevent flv*K water from overflowing stopped bowl 



THIRD ENTRY 



DRAIN-TRAP 

AUGER 



CRANK 



W HEN YOUR KITCHEN SINK gets 
stopped up, or the toilet threatens to 
flood the bathroom floor, what do you do? 
These and other plumbing breakdowns re- 
quire prompt attention, immediate in some 
cases, if water damage and a hazard to 
health are to be avoided. Since it is not 
always possible to obtain the services of a 
plumber right away, especially on week- 
ends, every householder should know how 
to go about correcting common plumbing 
failures. Or, at the very least, know how 
to make emergency repairs. 

When a sink drainage line is allowed to 
become blocked with debris, the quickest 



relief usually is obtained by clearing the 
line mechanically with a drain-trap auger. 
Fig. 1, detail A. This should be 15 to 20 ft. 
long and have a crank similar to the one 
shown, The usual procedure for cleaning 
an obstruction is to remove the trap below 
the sink and work the auger down the 
drain pipe as in Fig, 3. A good technique to 
use when forcing the flexible part through 
a tightly clogged pipe, is to make short 
thrusts, pulling it outward an equal dis- 
tance each time. The crank permits rotat- 
ing the auger to help pass turns in the line 
and to “drill” through troublesome ob- 
structions. 

If the obstruction cannot be reached from 



204 



POPULAR MECHANICS 





be removed so that the auger can be in- 
serted. Such plugs often rust tight, requir- 
ing a large pipe wrench to start them. When 
replacing a plug, clean the threads and 
apply cup grease to prevent rust seizure. 

When a toilet trap becomes clogged, wa- 
ter in the bowl may overflow to the floor. 
If this happens, the flow can be stopped as 
follows: Quickly remove the tank lid and 
press down the tank ball, which seats in 
the drain opening at the bottom as indi- 
cated in Fig. 2. Then let the tank fill again. 



A closet auger. Fig, 6, detail C, is used to 
clear such obstructions. Paper obstructions 
usually can be shredded by an auger. When 
you think that the material has been bro- 
ken up, flush the toilet but be on guard to 
stop the tank discharge again if neces- 
sary. Sometimes solid obstructions become 
wedged so tightly that the bowl must be 
removed to dislodge them, involving the 
services of a plumber, A basement toilet 
may also overflow due to backflow from 
the sewer. 







4 * * ^ 



fUT^TBEL 
SEWER ROD 



ROLLER 

SAIL 



* f 



SFIRA1 ROOT 
CUTTER 



SHOVEL 
ROOT CUTTER 



clearing 

FLOOR DRAIN 



FEBRUARY 1960 



205 







Pinpointing Stoppages 

Often you. can save time on a cleanout 
job by pinpointing a stoppage and then 
reaching it through the closest entry point. 
For example, if a dishwasher doesn’t drain 
and water from the sink backs into it, the 
stoppage lies beyond the sink. Similarly, if 
water draining from a lavatory causes 
water in a toilet bowl to rise, there is an 
unrestricted passage between the two, and 
the obstruction lies farther away. IE the 
discharge from all taps in the house causes 
water to rise from the lowest drain, it is 
evident that the house drain or house sewer 
is obstructed beyond this point. 

The most common cause of stoppage in 
a house sewer (the line from the house to 
the city sewer or to a septic tank), is in- 
vasion of tree roots that sometimes get 
through cracks in pipe joints. Such obstruc- 
tions can be drilled out as a temporary 
relief measure. This is done with a power 
auger fitted with a root cutter, such as are 
used by plumbers. Fig, 5. A flat spring- 
steel sewer rod fitted with one of the root 
cutter attachments shown in Fig. 4, often 
is effective. The roller ball is used for mov- 
ing debris through the sewer. 

Backflow from sewers often occurs dur- 
ing heavy rainstorms when sewers become 
overloaded. A temporary measure to stop 
or retard backflow through a basement 
floor drain, or toilet, is shown in Fig. 6 and 
detail D. The best permanent remedy is to 
install a backflow valve as indicated in 
Fig. 7, installed so it can be serviced later. 



BLOCK 
BAG 



LARGE RUBBER BAIL 



EMERGENCY METHOD OF STOPPING 
BACKFLOW FROM SEWER 



DRAIN 



2x4 

WEDGE 



2 * 10 
BLOCK 



SPONG- RUBBER 
KNEELING PAD 



Courtesy Spartan Tool Co. 



X 

2 * TO BLOCK 
ACROSS JOISTS 



2*4 

WEDGE POLE 




Water-IIeater Leaks 

A steady stream of water coming from a 
water heater drain cock, or safety valve 
also constitutes a plumbing emergency. 
Likewise, water dripping from the bottom 
of the heater, which usually indicates a de- 
fective tank, needs immediate attention. In 
all such cases the first thing to do is to turn 
off the heat source and cold-water supply 
at the heater, then drain the tank. 

The safety valve usually is located at the 
top of the tank on the hot-water line where 
it is shown being removed in Fig. 8, There 
are two common types of valves, combina- 
tion pressure-and-temperature, and pres- 



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sure alone. The former type has a fusible 
plug that melts when subjected to excessive 
water temperature, opening the valve to 
relieve pressure. Only the plug need be 
replaced. The pressure type simply opens 
a valve when tank pressure exceeds the 
safe limit. The valve itself may develop a 
slight leak as a result of solid particles get- 
ting on the seat, preventing it from closing 
completely. This can be remedied by re- 
moving the valve and cleaning the seat. 
After restoring the valve to operation, 
check the operation of the thermostat, 
which turns the heat source on and off as 
necessary to maintain the desired water 
temperature. If it is overheating, try a 
lower setting. If the water temperature 
again becomes excessive, the thermostat 
must be checked by a service man. Never 
use a water heater without a safety valve. 
When not regulated, it can develop enough 
power to blow itself through the roof! A 
leaky drain cock may simply be in need of 
a new washer. 

Water pipes seldom develop leaks, ex- 
cept when subjected to unusual strain. 
Fractures from strain usually occur at the 
threaded ends where the wall thickness has 
been reduced. Constant vibration from ex- 
cessive water hammer may cause a leak. 
Pipes also may burst from freezing. To 
make a temporary repair for a leaking pipe, 
first close the main valve near the meter. 
Then allow the remaining water to drain 
from the system. Saw off the defective por- 
tion of pipe and install a length of hose as 
shown in Fig. 9, detail E. A permanent re- 
pair can be made later. 

Water and drainage lines that freeze shut 
can be cleared by several different meth- 
ods, if they are accessible. Cloths may be 




8 Safety valve at lap of hooter tank is disassem- 
bled so that destroyed fusible plug can be replaced 



wrapped around the frozen section and con- 
stantly soaked with hot water. An electric 
iron placed in contact with the pipe can be 
used for thawing a short section of frozen 
pipe. A more direct approach, involves dis- 
connecting the pipe from the line at one 
end and pouring hot water into it as shown 
In detail F. On a water line, thawing should 
be done from the faucet side of a frozen 
pipe, after the faucet has been opened to 
relieve pressure and permit the water to 
run when the ice melts. * * * 




EMERGENCY REPAIR OF 
WATER-SUPPLY LINE 



DAMAGED SECTrON 
REMOVED 



AUTO H05E 



SMAtt PIPE 
OR TUBING 



SECTION 



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NEEDING A rather heavy anvil 
for many of his repair jobs, 
a former mode the one shown 
from a short length of rail- 
road roil and a few other odds 
and ends. A tapered piece of 
shafting welded on one end 
of the mil serves as a horn. 
For o base, the anvil is weld- 
ed to one end of o length of 
pipe that is wefded to a cor 
broke dram at the other end. 
The drum provides o sturdy 
base and permits the anvil to 
be rolled easily from job fa job 



FARM SHOP IDEAS 



EMPTY OH CANS on which the 
top* have been opened halfway 
and crimped an the inside, pro- 
vide convenient storage for 
bolts and noils. Cons are 
ploced in partitioned crates 
os in the phata A at far left 

SEVERAL LENGTHS of square 
pipe welded on end to a flat- 
steel base, photo B, moke a 
rack for "filing"' welding rods 
according to type and size. 
Saves trips too, when repair- 
ing machinery away from shop 

FOR EASY handling of long 
work an a table saw, make 
the rest shown in the phata 
for left. A setscrew on the 
upper, telescoping pipe section 
permits raising the roller ond 
locking it at the height desired 

TO AVOID finger bruises from 
glancing hammer blows when 
nailing sheet-metal roofing, use 
a prick punch to make pilot 
holes. A handle welded to 
the punch as shown at left* 
further protects the finger* 





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Double-Decker Nail Tray 



WHEN LOOKING FOR a particular size 
nail or screw, you won't have to dig through 
a mixed assortment of light hardware if you 
use this double-decker nail tray. With two 
levels and seven sections, the tray offers 
a convenient means of sorting different 
kinds of nails, screws, nuts, bolts etc. The 
top tray is the smaller of the two. measuring 
3 x 9 x 12 in. The sides and partitions are of 
%-in. pine and are secured with small nails 
and wood screws. The bottom may be cut 
from the same weight stock or a lighter 
Vi-in. stock may be used. The bottom tray 
measures 5 x 6 x 12 in. and its parts are 
similarly secured. Two x 12-in. uprights 
are screwed to the 
trays. A % x 13^4-in. 
dowel connects the up- 
rights and serves as a 
handle. Designed for 
easy storage the tray 
does not sacrifice 
carrying capacity. 

Sand and finish all 
parts with stain or light 
varnish. 

Sam Fenn. Skokie, HI. 



Noi! nays like this one ton be 
made for staring small radio and 
electronic parti. Very the files 
and shapes of the tray partitions 
to accommodate the different parts 



Wooden Block Resets Snap Ring 

To replace a snap ring, bore a shallow 
hole in one end of a piece of wood. Its 
diameter should be slightly smaller than 
that of the ring. Place it over the ring and 
give the wood a sharp rap with a hammer. 




Use Paste Wax on Rubbing Job 

Don't ruin a piece of work in the last 
stages. Heat generated in rubbing a shellac 
or lacquer finish with steel wool can ruin 
the finish. You can avoid this by using paste 
wax as a lubricant. 




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Liquid rubber brushed on boat floor boardi provides non-skid, hard-wearing surface. To patch down- 
spout, coot repair area with liquid rubber, caver with tcjreening when tacky and fill mesh with more coots 



LIQUID RUBBER 
Jack of All Trades 

By Walter E, Burton 



N EW ON THE MARKET is a type of 
rubber-surfacing and repair com- 
pound that permits the home craftsman to 
apply a rubber coating of the desired thick- 
ness on most any object, a process that 
could formerly be done only in a factory. 
Whether it’s a tear in a rubber girdle or a 
punctured tire that needs repairing, a coat 
or two of this wonderful fluid will extend 
the useful life of the damaged item. While 
the preparations of different brands vary 
somewhat, their application procedures and 
long list of uses, some of which are pictured 
in this story, are quite similar. 

Primary uses of liquid rubber compounds 
are to stop corrosion, waterproof fibrous 
materials, provide a non-skid, resilient sur- 
face on boat decks and floors and mend al- 



most anything. One brand, Pro-Chem, is 
available in I pt. to 5-gab-size containers 
in black, gray and aluminum. The product 
may be applied from the container with 
brush or roller, or it may be thinned for 
spl aying. Small items, such as tool handles 
that are to be given a more comfortable 
gripping surface, or insulated for electrical 
use, may be dipped directly into the can. 

Another brand comes in tubes from 
which the material is applied directly to the 
repair area, or it may be squeezed into a 
container and mixed with water to the con- 
sistency desired for a particular application. 
The number and variety of uses for this 
product, called Flex- O-Fix, is about the 
same as for Pro-Chem, except that the 
small-size container of the former precludes 



Bead of liquid rubber applied along seam between Coat of liquid rubber brushed on floor mat fills 

■hoe sole and upper serves as waterproofing seal small cracks and cute, giving it like-new appearance 





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Wooden planter is made watertight by brushing 
three coats of liquid rubber oil intide surfaces. Cor- 
ner! of large boxes should be reinforced, using screen- 
ing strips laminated between first and second tools 



Eight, camera-lens board having numerous scratches 
on inner Face is coated with black liquid rubber 
la prevent reflections from shiny exposed metal 



Below right, liquid rubber brushed on worn areas of 
rubberised canvas gloves prevents them from leaking 

Below, dip-coating handles of chain pliers with 
liquid rubber produces a more comfortable grip, 
prevents corrosion and insulates them electrically 





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using it for anything but small jobs. Be- 
cause of the many uses for this versatile 
repair and surfacing material, other brands 
may be available by the time this is read. 

Application Procedures 

As with the application of any coating 
material or cement, the surfaces to receive 
liquid rubber must be free of dirt, oils and 
loose material. Otherwise it will be im- 
possible to obtain a good bond. Sand smooth 
surfaces, such as rubber, leather, plastic 
and metal, using coarse-grit sandpaper. Be 
especially thorough about these first two 
steps. Regardless of what is used to apply 
the compound, flow it on in one direction. 
Do not scrub it on. Since newly cured liquid 
rubber tends to adhere to smooth surfaces 
if pressed hard against them, dust the rub- 
ber with talcum powder to prevent this. 

When filling holes and cracks, taper the 
edges of the rubber fill to a thin edge be- 
fore it sets. Holes in material where there 
is access to both sides, such as a car tire, 
should be filled from both sides of the cas- 
ing to form a dumb-bell shaped patch. 

When repairing a large hole, such as the 
rusted-out spot on the downspout shown in 
one of the photos, it is necessary to provide 
a patch of some sort to bridge the gap. In 
this case a piece of window screening was 
used. First the repair area is cleaned and 
given a coat of liquid rubber. When the 
surface becomes tacky, the screen patch is 
pressed into it and a second and third coat 
is applied, allowing about 1 hr. drying time 
between coats. For repair of holes in other 
materials, cut a patch from tape, gauze, 
canvas or other material as best suits the 
repair situation. Where extra strength is 
required and it is possible to reach both 
sides of the repair area, apply a patch on 

Broken doth hinge on sheet-film holder is repaired 
by lominoting doth (trip between multiple coots of 
liquid rubber applied on holder and strip, lotto r 
j» praised in place on the second, tacky ceat H 
Following which two additional coats or# applied 



Hole ivt canvas shop apron if r#pair#d by coating 
doth patch and area around holo with rubber com* 
pound, than prening them together* For good bondj 
patch and repair area should be wafer-dampened first 



Bond of liquid rubber applied along cut edge ol rug 
prevent! fiber "fallout," serves as neat binding 



Chipped spots on enameled photo-dork room tray are 
coated with rubber compound to prevent rust damage 



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each side. Follow the same procedure and 
overlap the hole by about one- half its 
diameter. With all liquid- rubber products 
it is important to remove unwanted ma- 
terial before it sets. Brushes should be 
cleaned immediately after using. Use sol- 
vents recommended by the manufacturer. 

When using liquid rubber to skid-proof a 
boat deck or any other surface, the follow- 
ing 2-coat application procedure is recom- 
mended by one of the manufacturers: Flow 
on the compound after preparing the sur- 
face to be coated. Next sprinkle foundry 
grit or fine, dry sand evenly over - the first 
coat while it is still wet. When the latter is 
dry. brush off loose grit and add a top coat 
to seal in the imbedded grit. 

Make Rubberized Items 

With liquid rubber you can convert ob- 
jects for other than their designed use, or 
even make new ones. Canvas work gloves 
and aprons can be changed to rubberized 
ones simply by brushing on a coat or two 
of one of these products. Processing trays 
to accommodate extra-large prints can be 
made by coating cardboard cartons of the 
desired dimensions. To replace broken 
parts that are unrepairable, new ones can 
be fabricated from corrugated cardboard 
and other materials assembled and coated 
as shown in the photo and drawing at the 
bottom of this page. Play pools for children 
and flower ponds are made by applying two 
coats of liquid rubber to a frame or form 
shaped as desired. Above ground the form 
must be a rigid enclosure. Below the ground 
surface no lateral support is necessary so 
that fabric, construction paper or any other 
flexible material may be used as a liner 
after excavating to the desired shape. Or f 
for a waterproof, rubber-coated work area 
in a darkroom, greenhouse, studio, or work 
shop, clean the surface to be set aside for 
this purpose and apply liquid rubber. * * * 




Three coots of liquid rubber on vase bottom prevent 
if from marring fabli. Rubber must CUfB completely 
before placing item in use. Parous vaiei can be 
made watertight by coating, insides with liquid robber 




Hook portion of wire clothe* hanger dipped in rubber 
compound prevents it from scratching wardrobe rod 



Floating lid for frfrn -pro ceding lank is made from corrugated cardboard disk covered with four coots of 
liquid rubber, after edges or* toped. Cork handle is lamina fed in place during application of last three coats 




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Overlapped Molding Strips 
Insure Accurate Miter Cut 

Accurate miters can be cut in light mold- 
ing by overlapping the molding strips. Cut 
the stock l /2 in. longer than the measure- 
ments require. Overlap the strips at right 
angles and fasten each of them down with 
a tack. Saw through both strips as indicated 
in the illustration and secure the joints 
with brads or glue. Cut in this manner, the 
miters will fit perfectly, regardless of the 
angle of the cut. 

After sanding a piece of wood, the re- 
maining sawdust can be used to make a 
good patching paste for filling holes and 
cracks in wood. Mix the sawdust with a 
little white resin glue. If the sawdust used 
is from a neutral- colored wood, such as 
pine, the patched area can be stained or 
varnished to match any other kind of wood. 



Cords Kept From Underfoot 
With Large Battery Clips 

With a large battery clip the excess 
length of an extension cord is held out of 
the way by doubling part of the cord back 
upon itself. Attached to the wall or ceiling, 
several of these clips will lead and position 
a cord where it is needed. One or more 
clips can be set to travel the length of a 
brass or steel rod set overhead above the 
workbench. The cords from hand power 
tools and trouble lights are then easily 
moved where needed and will never be 
underfoot. 



Scoring With a Sharp Chisel 
Makes Clean Cut in Hardboard 



For a sharp clean cut in a piece of temp- 
ered hardboard, score both sides with the 
edge of a sharp chisel. Repeat the scoring 
process several times on each side, place 
the scored line along the edge of the work- 
bench and apply pressure. The result is a 
faster, cleaner separation than can be had 
using a saw. 



Small cracks in concrete walks and steps 
should be repaired quickly to prevent them 
from spreading. Sweep the crack, wet it 
down and brush in a flowing mixture of 
Portland cement and water. For a medium- 
ack, undercut the edges and fill it 
witn a mixture of sand, cement and water. 
For large breaks, add gravel to the mixture. 



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Vm" HOLES ELONGAT ED 
WITH FILE* 



SOLDER TO 
HEAD OF BOLT 

■*~-2o iF eou 

1*V' DIA. THREADED U-20 



BSAS5 GUIDE 



Stfe" h 2ft w 

CORNER IRON 



FIBER DISK 



N CENTER 
HOLE 



Vi" HOLES 



DETAIL OF CAMERA 
PLATFORM A 



BOLTS 



Si" a 1 0 f V J a 1 4‘ 

PLYWOOD 



5" A y " ■ 

GLUE BLOCK 



HOLE 



HOLE 



* B a \W r/ ^ 

H WOOD SCREWS 



*V HEX NUT 
SOLDERED TO 
CCfiNtH IRON 



V H PLYWOOD 



ADJUSTABLE CAMERA PLATfORM 
SEE DETAIL A 



COPY-CAMERA MOUNT 



ONE IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT for photo- 
graphic copy work is a firm camera support. You can 
convert a drill press into a copying stand by adding 
this easily built attachment. For vertical copying, 
subject-to-camera distance is adjusted by sliding the 
table up and down the column. Finer adjustments 
within a range of 7 in, are made with a handwheel 
and screw arrangement. The mount is cut from %-in. 
plywood, the base fitting into horizontal grooves cut 
into the sides and secured with glue blocks and wood 
screws. The adjustable camera platform, detail A, 
operates by means of a % x 16-in. threaded rod run- 
ning vertically through two cross braces. These are 
secured horizontally to the front top and bottom of 
the mount. The rod is turned by means of a hand 
wheel and screws through a ^s-in. hex nut soldered 
to an angle iron fitted to the bottom brace. The brass 
guides on either side of the platform move in !'t x : U- 
in. grooves cut into the sides of the mount, and the 
camera is secured to the platform with a bolt screwed 
into the camera "s tripod attachment. Any play in the 
platform is taken up by the four metal guides which 
are adjusted for a good sliding fit, 

Howard R. Clark, Springdale, Ark. 



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THE TOUGH ONES 



By Ben DaWs 



OCCASIONALLY a repair job will come 
to the troubleshooter as the result of a pre- 
vious do-it-yourself repair job. An exam- 
ple was a ’57 Ford that was driven into 
the shop with the complaint of no oil pres- 
sure and no generator charging. This might 
have been an ordinary case of several mal- 
functions but for the fact that the trouble 
occurred only at night. Right then and 
there 1 decided that the trouble must be 
in the electrical system, a supposition 
which turned out only half-right. 

The red tell-tale lights that told of gen- 
erator or engine-lubrication troubles went 
out normally as the motor was speeded 
up — until the light-switch was pulled out. 
Then the two lights glowed. Despite this, 
checking by a meter proved the generating 
system and oil pressure were 0,K. 

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Now, suspicion swung to the wiring. 
Maybe some of the bulb sockets had been 
placed in the wrong dash panel openings. 
Certainly it wasn't too difficult to switch 
two lamps, like an instrument light and a 
generator tell-tale. Yet, checking the wir- 
ing colors proved everything proper in this 
respect. At about this time it was learned 
that the owner had taken out the speed- 
ometer for repair. Evidently, then, some- 
thing had been altered in the earlier repair 
job. And so it was. The shielding around 
the speedometer had been misplaced. 
Therefore, when the lights were turned on, 
the reflection of the instrument lamps 
through the speedometer housing holes 
made it appear that the oil pressure and 
generator lights were also lit. Setting the 
shielding properly stopped the trouble. 






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Unusual Loiatiuns Ulhere Trouble Wav Occur 



Rambler Hood Latch 

If you haven't already experi- 
enced trouble with the hood latch 
on the ’59 Rambler failing to re- 
lease, be prepared, for it may do so. 
Push in on the latch post through 
the grille. It is best to use a blunt 
tool, such as a screwdriver. After 
opening the hood, the latch plate 
should be adjusted by means of the 
two Mis-in. (wrench size) screws. 
Generally the latch needs to be 
moved back. 

Plymouth Driveshaft 

More than one driveshaft has al- 
ready been replaced on the '57 
Plymouth due to its snapping and 
tearing away from the weld near 
the rear universal joint. This is 
especially true of the V8 car with 
automatic transmission. Whenever 
you have one of these cars on the 
lift, why not inspect the joint for 
signs of a fracture? You may save 
a customer an embarrassing experi- 
ence. Failure of the joint will mean 
a new propeller shaft. 




Chrysler Handbrake 

If the handbrake on a *58 Chrysler 
pulls all the way back but does not 
hold the car, even after adjustment 
has been made, check the firmness 
of the brake-lever support. The 
lever bracket is welded to the fire- 
wall on the driver’s side and some- 
times bi eaks loose. The photo shows 
a similar arrangement on the '57 
model where the cable passes 
through the cowl. Reinforce the 
weld joint with a bolt and nut. 

Air Filter Lock Washer 

Under the air filter supporting 
stud of many '56 and *57 Ford V8s 
there should be a lock washer. 
However, over tightening of the 
filter nut on this stud may result in 
the stud screwing out of the base 
with the result that the washer may 
drop into the carburetor unnoticed. 
This, of course could result in ex- 
pensive engine damage. You should 
check this washer carefully, or even 
remove it. 








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CAUTION: BE SURE DRILL 
CHUCK IS SOLIDLT ATTACHED 
TO TAPER SPINDLE BEFORE 
USING PLANER HEAD. CHUCK 
CAN BE ATTACHED TO TAPER 
SPINDLE WITH SCREW AS 
INDICATED 



SURFACING ROUGH LUMBER 

By Sam Brown 



N OT MANY HOME SHOPS and small 
woodworking shops are equipped 
with a single surfacer, or thickness planer, 
for finishing rough-sawed lumber or reduc- 
ing finished stock to a required thickness. 
Where only an occasional piece requires 
finish planing From the rough, or when a 
few small pieces of stock must be reduced 
to a given thickness, the outlay for a small 
surfacer is hardly justified. 




Lacking a conventional thickness planer, 
you still can turn out good surfacing and 
thickness planing jobs with accessories 
available for use on a drill press or cir- 
cular saw. Even a small jointer can be 
made to serve when drill-press and table 
saw accessories are not at hand. A planer 
head. Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is perhaps the most 
commonly used for both rough planing and 
surfacing stock to thickness, A molding 
cutter head fitted with square-edged cut- 
ters and mounted on the saw arbor also 
is an efficient tool for planing rough stock 
and reducing stock to thickness. The setup 
is shown in Figs. 12, 13 and 14. 

The planer head: Although the planer 
head. Figs. 1 and 2, can work in a speed 
range from 3000 to 9000 r.p.m., it gener- 
ally does its best work at a speed of about 
5000 r.p.m. The vertically-mounted knives 
are positioned in the head to combine a 
shearing and scraping action and cut ex- 
ceptionally smooth and clean when they 
are sharp. Knives should be honed with a 
hand stone about every 20 minutes of ac- 
tual cutting time and should be reground 



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An auxiliary table is necessary ta assure adequate support far large pieces of work when surfacing with 
a planer head an the drill press. Note construction of the pivoted fence to permit quick, easy adjustment 

after three or four honings, A 
simple setup for grinding can be 
made with an angle vise. Fig. 3. 

When using a planer head an 
auxiliary table made of plywood. 

Figs. 2, 4 and 5, is needed to pro- 
vide a solid support for average- 
size work. If the work is warped 
or the rough sawing is irregular, 
it may require nailing to a base 
block having a flat surface. Fig. 4, 

Actual cutting is simply a matter 
of pushing the work under the 
cutterhead, feeding from left to 
right as in Figs, 2 and 4. Down 
pressure needed to keep the work 
flat on the table may be obtained 
with a weight as in Fig. 2. Each 
pass of the work will surface a 
strip 2 to 2 s At in. wide and work 
up to 12 in. or more in width can 
be handled by making successive 
cuts. If you use a planer head on 
the drill press. Fig. 2, make sure 
the chuck is tight on the taper 



When surfacing on a jointer it's always best and safest ta use a pusher. Either type detailed enables you to 
hold the stack firmly and at the same time feed uniformly throughout length of cut. Metal weights can be used 





6 .***. 




Above, let rear jointer table io that knives move tell Mock 
□ bout ! t in., no more. Below, adjust the Front table for depth 
of cut with piece of thin sheet metol, about .025 in, thick 




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STEEL SPRING 



WOODEN 
SPRING ■ 



STEEL 

PLATE 



AUXILIARY 

WOODEN 

FENCE 



spindle so that it won’t loosen when side 
pressure is applied. Some chucks permit 
attachment to the spindle with a machine 
screw as in Fig. 1, 

The jointer; A 6-in, jointer will surface 
a board 6 in. wide in one pass, and work 
up to 12 in. wide can be surfaced by mak- 
ing two passes of the stock. Unless you 
make careful adjustments of the jointer 
you may not get good results. The rear 
table should be slightly lower than the 
cutting circle of the knives, just enough so 
that the knives, when turned by hand, will 
move a test block forward not more than 
Y» in., as shown in Fig. 6. The depth of 
cut on a full 6-in. board should not be 
more than Ma in, and preferably a little 
less. Use a piece of sheet metal about .025 
in, thick to set the depth of cut as in Fig, 7, 
Jointer knives hold a keen edge for about 
1 hr. of actual cutting time. They should 



be honed regularly and systematically, and 
should be reground after four or five hon- 
ings. Applying the right amount of pres- 
sure to hold a uniform depth of cut when 
surfacing on a jointer requires some prac- 
tice. Use of a pusher. Figs. 8 and 9, or 
holddowns and an auxiliary fence, Figs. 10 
and 11, make the job a lot easier and safer. 

The operator should stand alongside the 
machine where he can use his body weight 
to best advantage, Fig. 9. Down pressure 
is applied mainly with the left hand, the 
right hand being used for feeding the ma- 
terial. The pressure should be over the 
front table at the start of the cut. The hand 
then moves over the cutterhead and be- 
comes stationary over the forward part of 
the rear table. Unless you are experienced 
in this, you’ll do better using a pusher and 
you'll also feel safer. The pusher should 
be ample in all dimensions as in Fig. 8. 




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NO! CUT 



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CUT 



WORK 





The type having dowel handles can be 
loaded with one or two metal weights to 
steady the work and lessen the amount of 
hand pressure required. The feed should 
be very slow, and, of course, should be con- 
tinuous. If you have to shift your pressure 
hand, stop feeding as even the slightest 
amount of feed without down pressure will 
cause you to lose the “bite" and the cut 
will tend to taper off. 

Both manufactured and shopmade hold- 
down devices in a wide variety of styles 
can be used on a jointer to eliminate the 
need of hand pressure. One simple setup 
is made as shown in Figs, 10 and 11. using 
either the wooden spring hold-down or the 
flat -steel spring. With the springs supply- 
ing the needed down pressure, all you have 
to do is maintain a uniform rate of feed, 
running the last few inches safely by using 



a push stick in the manner shown in Fig. 11. 

Molding head: Successive cuts with 
straight knives fitted in the circular saw 
molding head will quickly surface a rough 
piece of lumber. Most work will be suffi- 
ciently flat so that it will ride without rock- 
ing, but uncut strips must be left along the 
edges to provide runners. Fig. 13, If the 
work is warped it should be leveled on a 
flat surface and runner strips nailed in 
place as in Figs. 13 and 14. Cuts to in. 
deep can be taken. The maximum width 
of work ivhich can be handled depends on 
the size of the main saw table. Open -type 
extensions do not provide adequate sup- 
port. In running adjacent cuts by this 
method, the ripping fence is moved after 
each pass. You'll do better work if you 
adjust the fence so that the cuts overlap 
about Mu in. * * * 




Dowels Held for End-Drilling 
By Improvised V-Block 

Did you ever try to drill an accurate hole 
in the end of a short length of dowel in the 
drill press? It’s a neat trick if you t an do 
it without having the dowel tilt sidewise 
or spin and burn your fingers unexpect- 
edly. Here’s a way to eliminate all the 
chances of trouble: Square a block of hard- 
wood of a length slightly less than that of 
the dowel. Then cut two sections from an 
old V-belt and tack these to one face of 
the block as in the detail. Space the pieces 
so that they support the dowel as in the top 
view. 

Clamp them in place and nail to the 
block, making sure that the two are in line. 
Then make the setup as pictured, clamping 
the dowel lightly in place with a C-clamp. 
Just make sure that the block bears 
squarely on the table. 

G. E. Hendrickson, Argyle, Wis. 

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FEBRUARY I960 






THROUGH SINGLE DOVETAIL THROUGH MULTIPLE DOVETAIL BUND MITER DOVETAIL 




DOVETAIL DADO 




SINGLE LAP DOVETAIL 




DOVETAIL ItEY ON CORNER 




WASTE 



SOU a 



CHECK LAYOUT FOR ACCURACY 



SINGLE CORNER DOVETAIL 



LAYING OUT (MARKING SOCKETS 



DOVETAIL JOINTS 



O NLY A FEW of the many forms of the 
dovetail joint are considered practical 
for cutting by modern machining methods. 
Originally, all types were designed, laid 
out and cut by hand. You will find nearly 
all types in old work. On old chests the 
rails were often joined to the side or end 
panels by means of a single lap dovetail* 
Fig. 8. Tops of early chests were sometimes 
joined to the side panels by multiple dove- 
tails. Fig. 2. The old type corner dovetail 
in which the pins, or tails, are relatively 
wide, Fig. 10, was quite commonly used in 
corner-joining wide stock for blanket chests 
and deep drawers. Sometimes the beveled 
dovetail joint, Figs. 11 and 12, will be noted 
in old dough trays, also cutlery trays. Other 
variations such as the dovetail key, Fig. 9, 



blind miter dovetail, Fig, 3, and the dove- 
tail dado. Fig. 7, will be found. The blind 
miter dovetail is rather difficult to cut as 
the full miter cut cannot be made at the 
outset on either of the joining pieces. The 
miters are formed when cutting the sockets 
and pins. Such a joint was used only in the 
most painstaking work. The multiple dove- 
tail joint, Fig. 2, the lap dovetail. Fig. 4 and 
the box joint, a related form. Fig. 6, are 
commonly used in modem joinery. The 
single exposed dovetail is sometimes found 
in modern work as an ornamental feature. 
Figs. 13 to 18 inclusive show hand methods 
of laying out and cutting sockets and pins. 
In present-day joinery sockets and pins are 
made a uniform size, unless, of course, 
older types of work are being duplicated. 



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t 




LAP DOVETAIL (DRAWER JOINT) 



BLIND DOVETAIL 



LOCK JOINT OR BOX JOINT 



10 

■ 



16 





SCRIBING SOCKETS 



CORNER DOVETAIL (OLD TYPE) 



BEVELED DOVETAIL 




SAWING THE PIN 





12 

CORRECT SOCKET ANGLE 

rfl 



CUTTING rHf SOCKfT 







FEBRUARY 1960 





Extension on Rip -Fence Guide 
Clears Table for Cross Cuts 

When frequent removal of the lipping 
fence is necessary to clear the saw table for 
cross cuts on long, narrow stock, an exten- 
sion welded onto the front fence guide will 
save time by permitting the fence to tilt 
downward out of the way. On table saws 
having round fence guides, an 8-in. length 
of steel tubing welded to the guide will per- 
mit you to slide the fence out far enough to 
allow the rear end to drop down as pictured 
at the left. 

Wayne Judy, International Falk, Minn. 



CAn open-end wrench can be used to turn 
a small pipe. Insert a wood screw between 
the work and the lower jaw of the wrench. 
The threads will provide the grip necessary 
to turn the pipe. 




Drill Reground for Wood Working 

A twist drill can be reground to drill a 
clean, true hole in wood. Just grind the 
point of the drill square across and re- 
sharpen the two cutting lips with a relief 
angle of about 30 deg. back of the cutting 
edge. Do not grind the flat lips all the way 
to the center. Leave a sharp pointed spur at 
the center to act as a pilot. 

H, J. Gerber, Stillwater, Okla. 



Precut Disk-Cement Tube 
For Convenient Application 

Application of sanding-disk cement is 
made easier and more convenient if you 
cut the tube into sections about V& or V* in, 
in thickness. The sections are always ready 
for use and the cardboard is easily peeled 
off with a knife. In addition, you will have 
no uncovered adhesive lying about. 




Restore Chuck-Jaw Faces 
With Cylindrical Lap 

To restore the gripping faces of a univer- 
sal lathe chuck, insert a cylindrical lap 
through the chuck. Hold the lap down with 
a lathe dog and smear it with coarse -grit 
lapping compound. Rotating the chuck jaws 
around the lap will restore the faces to 
trueness. — H. J, Gerber, Stillwater, Okla. 




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Counterbalanced 
Safety Sticks 

SOME YEARS AGO I made a safety sur- 
vey of high -school Industrial Art Shops 
and found that jointers caused many more 
accidents than other machines. I also 
found that nearly every shop had a push 
stick, but it was not in use when an acci- 
dent occurred. This indicated that lack of 
use of the stick resulted in the accidents. 
To assure that a safety stick would be 
close at hand at all times, which should 
help prevent accidents, I designed the 
unit shown here. 

A unit consists of two lengths of tubing, 
one to telescope inside the other. A collar 
was used on the upper tube to form a 
stop for adjusting the height of the unit. 
Inside the tube assembly a chain and coun- 
terweight were suspended as indicated. 
Push sticks of the desired type were at- 
tached to the upper end of the chain. In 
this way, the stick could be pulled down 
for use and would return to the top of 
the tube when released. A unit was placed 
beside each machine with which a push 
stick should be used. 

Another way of accomplishing practi- 
cally the same results if the machines re- 
main in the same place, is to run the 
chain or small rope over pulleys attached 
to the ceiling above. Then use a counter- 
weight of the right size to pull up the 
stick when it is released. To keep the 
counterweights out of the way, it may be 
necessary to locate pulleys to let the coun- 
terweights lower near a wall so that they 
will not interfere with working space. 

Wayne Judy, International Falls, Minn. 





FLANGE ANCHORED TO flOOR 



FEBRUARY i960 



225 




BURNER 



FROM GAS TANK 



SPARK PLUG 



COLD 

OUTSIDE 

Afcfi 



FILTER 



NOZZLE 



COM&U5TIQN 

BLOWER 



IGNITION UNIT BA£E_ 
i BREAKER POINTS) 



COMBUSTION 



IGNITION COIL 

HEAT EXCHANGER 

. VENTILATOR BLOWER 

* — 



•cf 

AIR |j 



HOT AIR 



EXHAUST -• 



TO CAR INTERIOH 



thermostat 



-OVERFLOW TO GAS TANK 



PRESSURE QippkjFC 

REGULATOR H T ° BU * N£R 



'TO CARBURETOR 



ENGINE FUEL RUMP 



Maintaining and Repairing 
THE CORVAIR CAR HEATER 

By John Krill 



W ITH ITS NEW air-cooled engine, the 
Corvair car has left water-cooling 
systems behind, and with them the conven- 
tional hot- water heaters familiar to motor- 
ists for the past decade or more. Instead, 
the Corvair uses a highly efficient gas-fired 
heater which delivers heat to the interior 
of the car almost instantly. But, like any 
other piece of gas-fired equipment, it must 
have a means of mixing air and fuel and an 
ignition unit to fire the mixture. It is there- 
fore more complex than its hot- water coun- 
terparts and may require more attention. 

The schematic detail above shows the 
parts of the heater system and the photo- 
graph on the following page shows it 
mounted on the car. Essentially, this unit 
is a miniature form of the oil-burning hot- 
air furnaces used to heat homes. But in- 
stead of oil, this one bums gasoline. As in 
the home unit, fuel is sprayed into a burner 
cup in the form of a fine mist. Here it 
mixes with air from the combustion blow- 
er The spark plug immediately fires the 
mixture and the resulting flame heats the 
heat-exchanger walls. Air pulled in by the 
ventilating air blower is then warmed in 
the heat exchanger and blown inside the 

226 



car through the air distributor. Hot com- 
bustion gases escape through a slot located 
in the top of the inner cylinder of the ex- 
changer and are forced through the out- 
side wrap before being discharged through 
the exhaust tube thus transfer! ng some of 
their heat to the ventilating air stream. 

Up to this point, though the heater has 
been operating, the thermostatic switch re- 
mains closed until the warmed air heats it 
to a temperature of predetermined setting. 
Then it opens and shuts off the ignition and 
the flow of fuel. However, both the com- 
bustion blower and the ventilating blower 
continue to operate. As soon as the air tem- 
perature drops in the air distributor, the 
thermostatic switch closes, the solenoid 
switch opens to admit fuel, the plug fires, 
and combustion begins again. This off- 
again on -a gain process is so swift and quiet 
that variations in temperature inside the 
car are kept to a minimum and are not 
noticeable to driver or riders. In extremely 
cold weather and at high driving speeds, the 
heater may burn continuously. When the 
fan switch or the ear ignition is turned off, 
heat in the exchanger will activate a purge 
switch. This turns on the combustion blow- 



POPULAR MECHANICS 




Phoro above shows the components of the Corvatr gas-fired hearer, mounted in the front luggage 
comportment of the cor. Their location offers plenty of elbow room and makes them easy to reach 



er for a short time so that the combustion 
chamber is cleared of fuel fumes. When 
the temperature of the exchanger drops, 
the purge switch cools, and the blower 
automatically stops. 

Once acquainted with the general con- 
struction and operating principles of the 
heater, it should not be difficult for you to 
spot the cause and cure of malfunctions 
which may occur. Following are a few' of 
the parts and some of the more common 
ailments which may require attention. 

If the heater fails to start, check for a 
blown fuse. Located under the left side of 
the car instrument panel, this 15-amp fuse 



protects the entire heater system. In case 
the combustion blower does not run, cheek 
for broken wiring, motor failure, or a de- 
fective purge switch. There is also a separ- 
ate ground lead attached to the heater 
motor which should be grounded tightly 
to the car body. If it is loose, the motor will 
run only at a reduced speed, if at all. Nor- 
mal speed is 3000 r.p.m. at 12 volts. 

If the preceding investigations reveal 
nothing, the heater’s overheat switch may 
bear looking into. Mounted on top of the 
heater case, it is connected in series with 
the solenoid coil. Its bimetal blade opens 
the circuit to the coil if the air temperature 



The Spark plug's ground electrode mu*t be given the proper ground if the plug i* to fire with an ade- 
quate ore, A poorly grounded plug will allow a heavy deposit of carbon !o farm on the electrodes 




FEBRUARY I960 



227 




Peeper setting of the b^her points in the heoter 
ignition unit averages between ,015 and .021 in. 



rises excessively. This switch turns the 
heater off if the thermostat fails to do so 
and it may get stuck. 

Backfiring or “popping” in the combus- 
tion chamber is a sure sign that there is 
something wrong with the ignition system. 
Check for burned or pitted breaker points 
or for a weak coil. The points should be set 
at .015 to ,021 in. If the tituble does not 
seem to be electrical, the sbienoid fuel 
valve may be stuck to its seat, in which 
case it should be cleaned, or replaced. 

Notice that the heater spark plug is made 
with a single electrode. Its ground elec- 

Here is on exploded view of the burner, heat ex- 
changer, and other component parts of the heater 



trode is welded to the fuel-mixer cup. It 
is most important that the welded ground 
electrode be correctly positioned or heavy 
carbon deposits will build up and foul the 
plug. Once the plug is cleaned, check its arc 
before reinstalling it. Gapped at .085 in. 
and properly grounded, a good plug will 
test with a steady, bluish arc. 

If the heater fails to ignite but the com- 
bustion blower runs normally, check to see 
that the fan control lever is at High or Low 
position. Serious malfunctions are usually 
due to a defective thermostat or to the ac- 
cumulation of carbon deposits in the com- 
bustion chamber. If this is not the cause, 
the hose connecting the blower to the com- 
bustion chamber may be loose, or there 
may be a leak in the fuel line where it 
connects to the heater. Since the heater is 
wholly dependent on the engine’s fuel 
pump for its fuel pressure, a defective fuel 
pump will have an adverse effect on the 
operation and efficiency of the heater. 

Burned gasoline odor is usually due to a 
loose burner clamp or a loose exhaust gas- 
ket. The gasket should be tightly seated 
between the flange of the heater case and 
the heat exchanger. In case of a clogged 
fuel system you will find that the fuel noz- 
zle has a built-in screen which cannot be 
removed or replaced. If either should give 
you trouble, replace the entire nozzle unit. 

If the combustion blower starts and then 
stops, something may be wrong with the 
purge switch. If no current is evident from 
the black terminal, replace the switch. But, 
lack of current from the blue and red ter- 
minals will require a complete check of 
the heater circuit. Erratic operation of the 
combustion blower is almost always the 
fault of the purge switch. When properly 
running, this switch will run the blower for 
up to two minutes after the ignition or the 




STRAP Ji 



GROUND 

WIRE 



HEAT EXCHANGER 



GROMMET 



CONNECTOR c0v£# PURGE SWITCH 



G A SOLI N£ PIPE n 

UPPER BURNER , 

, V 



,f , f OVERHEAT SWITCH 



VENTILATOR 
BLOWER CASE 



VENTILATOR 
BLOWER FAN 



•^'3143623 1 GASKET 

HOSE tOWER BURNER CASE 
IGNITION COIL AND BRACKET 



VENTILATOR % 

blower MOTOR 



SPARK PLUG WIRE AND SUPPRESSOR 



heater switch is turned off. 

If no warm air is delivered, vet 
the rest of the heater seems to be 
working properly, check the air 
blower by turning on the fan and 
ignition switches. Air should be 
forced from the outlet. If it is not, 
check for a blown fuse, loose wir- 
ing, bad switch or a defective 
motor. 

If the heat output is low, the 

thermostat unit may not be func- 
tioning correctly or a fuel line 
may be defective, or the engine 
fuel pump may not be delivering 
enough pressure. If the heater 
blows smoke, the air blower hose 
may be pinched or leaking, or the 
combustion blower may be run- 
ning too slow. If not. check the 
purge switch again. * * * 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 




Increase Capacity 
Of Your Lathe With These 



da aw aoir 



CHUCK-JAW EXTENSIONS 



By C. W, Woodson 

WHAT TO DO when that rush job comes into 
the shop and the largest chuck in the place won’t 
quite take it? One solution is to use a set of 
chuck-jaw extensions. Or, if the work is irregular 
in shape, you generally can utilize the chuck as 
a base on which to set up a strap-clamping ar- 
rangement something like that suggested in the 
detail above. In some cases one pair of chuck 
jaws can be removed and one pair and a clamp 
like that shown, or one similar in assembly, can 
be utilized to hold those nutsized jobs. When the 
job has been set up it must be carefully checked 
for running balance and for clearance over the 
lathe carriage before starting the lathe and be- 
fore machining, Jaw extensions A and B are de- 
signed to be slipped onto the standard jaws of a 
three or four-jaw chuck and can be bandsawed 
or milled to the general shapes indicated, They 
should fit the jaws snugly so that they will stay 
in place. Extension C has a squared opening to 
fit over the top projection of the jaw and is held 
in place with a screw as in detail D. In some 
instances drilling and tapping the chuck jaws 
may not be desirable or permissible. In this case 
the extension can be milled with a step, or offset, 
which locks over the jaw step. 




U-SHAPED 

JAW 

EXTENSION 



BLOCKING 

0 



CLAMP 



0 



FLUSH 



BUltRJP 

EXTENSION 



OPENING 
RTS JAW STEP 



FEBRUARY I960 



229 









1 # HAND-OPERATED SHEAR hoi a capacity of 16-ga H 
mild steel and take* a sheei 36 in. wide. Inclined ram 
combines, eccentric- 1 eve rage action which greatly in- 
creases mechanical advantage and reduces shearing 
pressure. One-piece bed i* o ribbed casting For max- 
imum rigidity, Steel ram, housings resist deflection 
ir>~cLMn*rtn wre. Co.. 7 TO Eighth Av*. L*ke City, Minn. 



2 . SPHERICAL CASTER has wheel of non -mart in g, 
slairwesistcnl rubber. Wheel is 2 in. In diameter and 
is mounted in □ wooden yoke which farms a guard 
for wheel and on offset mounting for item which 
swivels on bpli bearings.. Caster ii for office and home 
furniture and is available in brass and nickeled finish 

FttUl I Iran rA»(clr C-urf-.i E^lnsvltl? 7, IihJ. 

3 . TREE-TYING MACHINE h widdy used by orchard- 
i it s to tie fruit-laden tree limbs so that they are 
self-supporting and do not require props la prevent 
breakage. Unit consists af a tying mechanism attached 
to an aluminum rod r or pole, which comes in lengths 
up to 25 ft. Unit is designed for one-man operation 

A-H-K cwp. 4 2200 4 Eh Bl.„ Hbrk«l^ CaJ|f. 



4 . ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN CHAIN SAW weighs only 
17V& lbr r making it easy and sefe to maneuver in 
dense undergrowth and treetops. Unit has 16-in, 
reach and a chain speed of over 2000 ft P per min. 
Motor delivers full 2 hp r at the chain, operates on 
1 15- volt a.e„ or d.c, or From portable generator 

Mllwpu&ec Eleftrie Tool Corp.. Wwi stale Hi., 
MiivLiuiicf a. wu. 

5 . ANGLE INDICATOR combines with spirit level. 
Place on inclined surface and read angle on semU 
circular scale which houses a bubble traveling in a 
curved path. Use it far leveling picture frames, shelves, 
posts or tope it to a straightedge and use for level- 
ing concrete farms. Use lower bubble For leveling 

SiMEvnruin StwKiUy Mfy. Co., is £. sixth St.. Hr. 



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POPULAR MECHANICS 





6. LOCKING PLIERS have cam-acruated jaws and 
piital grip with lever-type trigger which gives deli- 
cate eantrol when placing and holding small parti. 
Jaws or# long and narrow to reach into hard-to-geh 
ot places, Although designed primarily for electron- 
ici servicemen, pliers ore useful to model makers 

ItanrllL-rnfl Ti*ilv Inc.. HU. p *f k-ACTO Intf,. 

4Jt* V.tlel Ham *E,. 1 .1 Hint 1-ranit £.MV S-V. 

7. MACHINE-TOOL CLAMPING SET has a cramping 
range of 1 % to 11 In. Set includes U -damps in two ad- 
justable ranges, also extensions and a gooseneck 
adapter. Both the bait and the heel-block assemblies 
are adjustable. The U -damps can be used individ- 
ually and with the extensions or gooseneck adapter 

SIi-Ltf mnUlfl* Cu, t SSI? I ViJihm AWn :j&, Midi. 





8. COMPOSITE PLASTIC SCREW with metal core has 

the insulating properties of plastic combined with the 
strength of metal. Use of screws of this type often 
permits elimination of costly parts from electrical 
assemblies. The screw consists of a serrated metal 
Core carried in a threaded plastic body, or sleeve 

Austin Smw fmduct* Ca., w. Va ,\w., 

CHKpui- rcn. in, 



8* INTEGRAL METAL FORM speeds stair 
building. Form is nailed to wooden stringers 
ond treads to complete a stair from basement 
ta first floor, from first to second floor Adapt- 
able far use in building either open ar closed- 
riser stairs. Provides B-ln. rase, 9dn. run 
The Bifoo Co.. :j? Wsh'r ^(.l New ii^hui i - ■ ■ i 



10 . HOLLOW-GROUND BLADE h specially 

toothed far Cutting plywoods without Splinler 
ing. The teeth are chrameplated to stay sharp 
High backs of individual teeth reduce vibration 
which results in a rough-cut, splintered lower 
edge on stock. Available in standard siies 

II. k. i’urttr (n., Imp,, n**.-! i. IM* 
TOHaHelphi!) ..V T'.i. 



FEBRUARY 1950 



231 




11. SAND E R -P O LI 5 HER has two speeds. 2400 r.p.m. 
for fastr smooth sanding and 750 r.p.m, for high* 
grade polishing of finished surfaces, Uni! also can be 
supplied with on accessory ^i-in. drill chuck convert- 
ing it into a high -low -speed drill for metal and wood. 
Changes in speeds are made by removing and insert- 
ing the driving head, or spindle, in either of two re- 
cesses in the gear housing. Uni! is supplied as kit 
supj, Rotlrurfc ft Co., s L H^nnui Av(„ Chlmso ?. 111. 

12* ST0NE*CUTTING SAW is powered by o 2-fip. 
totally enclosed motor, will make cuts up to 6 ft, tong 
on material 3 in. thick. Uses 14-in. diamond blade or 
a 14-in, abrasive disk, depending an type of material 
to be cut. Rugged, precision built track carries roll- 
ing motor mount. Blade is entirely housed r except 
at cutting point, by a rigid guard. Fitted with waler- 
feed control for wet cutting with abrasive 

Gam Inal Kn^Itu'ht Ink Cirrp,. E'hH I a-.Er I ph s.-i -JT, !'». 

13. PENCIL-TYPE CONCRETE VIBRATOR has a vibrat- 
ing head only 1 !i in. in diameter to get into norrow 
farms and olsa to work between closely spaced re- 
inforcement. Head is driven by flexible shaft and is 
powered by T-hp. universal malar which operates on 
either a.c. or d.c., 115 volt. Unit weighs only 23Va lb, 
with 6-ft, shaft. Both 6 and 12-ft. shafts are available. 
Unit operates at 10,000 v.p.m. in low-slump concrele 

Mahler Vi hr* for (7-u.. Iflft rStank-y A ve., Iiavl4?n h Clhlu 

14. MAGNIFYING VIEWER features a multi-lens 
nth romp tic optical system for true -color inspection or 
assembly of tiny parts. Lens is 5 In. in diameter and 
provides 2X magnification. Can be used far long 
periods for binocular viewing without eye fatigue. 
Field of view is 14 in. in diameter and is lighted by 22- 
waft fluorescent lamp. Unit tilts, swings side to side 
and cam be adjusted for most convenient height 

l-.dlj i ill I .i I v rip Lira] Cu., I nr.. 1 Vm-IucImU. S-V r 

15. FLAME-CUTTING duplicate parts of any ordinary 
length, width, or thickness is accomplished with this 
automatically controlled Flame-cutting machine. In- 
tricate parts ore produced in duplicate limply by feed- 
ing pencil drawings of the pari info a photoelectric 
tracing system. Width of kerf mode by cutting jets 
is automatically compensated for, which results in 
duplicated ports that hove exceptional uniformity 

Tht- l.lmli- Cu., DlV,, rj-f UillutfL C-ArbkJc C«irp. + 
y., ill,. N,w Yl-vtH 17. N.V. 



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Low-Priced Dodge Dart Features Revolutionary New Engine 

New Economy Slant “6” Uses 
Exclusive Semi-Ram Intake Manifold! 




Naw design 

features 



Inclined block 



Equi-flow fuel 
Induction, over- 



tor greater 
fuel economy 



Packing surprising performance with the hind at gas mileage 
usually found only in much smaller cars, this new Economy 
Slant represents a major breakthrough in engine design. 
The 225 cu. in. block is angled 30" to the side Lo allow for specia f 
free-breathing intake and exhaust manifolds. High -turbulence 



wedge-shaped combustion chamber and carefully selected 8.5 to 
1 compression ratio deliver 145 h.p. at 4000 r.p. m., using regular 
gas. Special high -efficiency camshaft puts top torque right (town 
in useful driving ranges. Output: 215 Ih -ft at 2SQD r.p.m. Uses 
new velvet-smooth Free-Flight Power engine mounting. 




Special slant-block makes room far Ibis new 
semi -ram intake manifold. Exclusive Equi-flow 
design provides more efficient, evenly balanced 
distribution of fuel to ah cylinders. 




Big, overhead valves mean batter breathing 
better distribution ol fuel mixture inside cylin- 
ders. M ore even b u r ni n g m ea n s extra power and 
mi liege from every gallon of gas. 




Special TorquoFNEe Six is the first automatic 
transmission designed specifically to maith Eh# 
power -torque curve of a six -cylinder engine. 
{Optional at extra cost j 



AMERICAN FIRST FINE ECONOMY CAR 



DODGE DART f 



NOW DODGE BUILDS TWO GREAT CARS: DODGE DART • ’60 DODGE 



FEBRUARY I960 



233 



New Ideas in Photography 




Now a Movie Projector as Small as This Page 



— ye* *t shows beautiful movies a yard wide 

Here's ihc Latest word in compactness for 
Emin home movies. The Brownie 8 Movie 
Projector stands only 9* f by 6 ! /i" (this page 
size) by 6 r \ and weighs only 5 Yz pounds. 

But don't let its small size fool you. It 
performs big in every way. 

At just 12 feel from your screen, this 
projector shows mov ies three feet across. The 
secret is a new-type Lamp with its own non- 



tarnishing, electronic ally prcfocused reflector 
to assure maximum brilliance. 

Loading is simple because there are mi 
sprockets* You can actually thread the film 
while the projector is running. The projector 
accepts big 20(Moot reels for full 15-minute 
shows. And it is blower-cooled. 

It's worth a trip to your dealer to sec the 
Brownie 8 Movie Projector in action* The 
price: only 544.50, or as little as 54,50 down. 



Lens Automatically “Squints" in Sun, 
Opens in Shade Like Human Eye 

Now Kodak has built an automatic 35mm camera 
that works much like your eye. It sees light and 
seta its own lens opening. 

The “hram” in the Kodak Automatic 35 
Camera is a photoelectric meter. Light reflected 
from your subject moves a control needle which 
determines the lens opening. The result: correctly 
exposed pictures lime after time! 

Change shutter speed, and an automatic switch 
adjusts the meter and lens response. If light is too 
dim even for the f/2.8 lens, an automatic signal 




tells you to use flash. You don't even thread film 
—just drop it in! 

Try for yourself all the swift, easy operating 
features of this camera , . . the single-stroke film 
advance ... the click-stop "zone” focusing. Only 
584.50, or $8.50 down. 



234 



POPULAR MECHANICS 




from Kodak 



Spots on Sun Filmed for Clues 
To Radio Disturbances on Earth 

Film — in a giant 35mm tele-camera — is bringing 
astronomers new facts about how happenings on 
the sun affect os here on earth. 

Sunspots cause interference in long-range radio 
communications. They arc being studied through 
thousands of 35mm photograplis or the surface of 
the sun — taken by a telescope-TY camera system. 
Kodak films designed for astronomical and pro- 
fessional movie work are being used, 

To get the pictures, the radio-controlled photo- 
graphic equipment was carried by balloon to an 
altitude of 80,000 feet. This eliminated the 
shimmer and poor visibility caused by the earth's 
atmosphere. As a result, the pictures are far 
more detailed than any ever obtained by even the 
most powerful ground telescopes. 

And the most searching pictures were taken on 
Eastman Background- X Film, a close relative of 
the famous fine-grain Kodak Panatomic-X Film 
used by amateur and professional photographers. 

Versatile Slide Projector Lets You 
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Warped Table leal 

have a drop-leaj table end one of the leaves 
is warped rather badly. l r ve been fold to take (be 
finish off and sponge water on the bare wood on 
the concave side, irbi'eli is the top jfde. i fried fhis 
but it didn't work; the leaf is just as bod as ever, 
now the wood has dried oat, l also tried cleats, but 
these ben( to the curve of (be leaf. Can (be leaf be 
straightened? HqkJ—H.R., Mich 




236 



A— You ere not likely to succeed with either of 
the methods you describe, although in some rare 
Instances the first method you outline does prove 
successful if the concavity of the wood Is only 
slight, However, success depends so largely on the 

t rain characteristics of the individual piece of wood 
rom which the leaf was made that the method la 
never reliable. Generally it Is best to make a new 
leaf by gluing together several narrow strips of 
matching wood of selected grain and color. If you 
dq not have equipment lor this type of work have 
the job done by a cabinetmaker. But if for some 
reason you wlsn to utilize the original leaf the 
detail shows a method of straightening which Is 
nearly always successful and permanent. Stopped 
saw kerfs are run on the back face of the leaf to 
approximately the depth indicated. The kerfs 
should be made to a uniform depth and spaced not 
more than 1 in. apart. Run the kerfs as close to the 
ends as possible but be careful not to cut through, 
especially If the ends are molded. Again, if you do 
not have equipment for this work it can be done 
by a cabinet shop. Once the piece has been keried 
as detailed* clamp It face down on a flat surface 
such as a bench or table top. Then cut a number of 
thin pieces, making them slightly wedge shaped so 
that they will fit easily into the saw kerfs, detail A. 
Glue the pieces in the kerfs in line as indicated, 
being carfeul not to press them In tightly to wedge 
the kerfs open. The purpose of these pieces is to 
hotel the leaf in the flat position. Do not loosen the 
clamps until the glue Is dry. Another method, de* 
tall B, is to cut a groove across the width to lake a 
strip of hardwood. This is glued and screwed In 
place The first method, detail A. generally is best 
on a narrow leaf 

{Continued to page 2JBi 

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Decorating Problem 





Q— My home has 10- 
fi. ceilings in alt 
downstairs rooms. The 
windows are tall and 
the sashes are narrow 
and curved at the top. 
The rooms are not 
large and the smaller 
rooms seem like a box, 
the same dimension in 
all directions . I've 
thought of installing 
a Wainscot of horizon- 
tal hoards or panels 
and covering the win- 
dows with half shut- 
ters instead of full- 
length shutters or 
A d rapes. Above the 

wainscot the walls would be covered with a figured 
wallpaper. What is your opinion}— F.H., JFis 



A— Basically, you have the right Idea. The refine- 
ments in the decorative scheme you have outlined 
would have to be determined by someone, possibly 
yourself, who could study the problem firsthand 
and outline a complete procedure This we could 
not do at such long range, of cotime. If we can 
visualize the problem correctly from your brief 
description, we r d be rather doubtful about using a 
figured wallpaper above the wainscoting. It could 
be that some types of patterned wallpaper would 
work out satisfactorily . but it would seem that use 
of such a paper on all four walls of a room would 
tend to bring the walls in L . or possibly give a kind 
of two-dimensional effect which might be objec- 
tionable in some rooms. Also, we d be inclined to 
favor drapes with wide valances, rather than half- 
iength shutters especially in a rectangular room 
with tal] windows at one end. Also, we would rather 
ravor painted walls above the wainscot, at least as 
a trial In working put the llnal scheme. You can 
always paper over the paint, if paper seems more 
desirable. Much depends on the color used In the 
rooms As a rule the lighter pastel shade* work 
out better than, the heavier solid colors on walls 
in rooms having high ceilings If the exposed wood- 




darker, the room generally can be made to appear 
larger Sometimes use of a darker color on the cell- 
ing will have the effect of lowering it. 



Stab Floor 

<? — This spring or 
summer ! plan to 
build a summer Acme 
a slab floor. The 
soil at rhe iocafitm is 
very sandy, but lm 
tola that there ts a 
layer of heavy clay 
about 4 ft. below the 
surface The slab tcilJ 
be about 20 x 2& ft . 
and there will be a 
separate footing for a 
fireplace at one end „ 
/ have been advised 
not to pour a slab 
floor bat fo support 
the structure on a 
conventional founda- 
tion with footings on 
the ciay. What do you advise t — LA, Minn, 

A— You can use slab -floor construction by sup- 
porting the slab on piers which extend down to 
the clay. Or you can pour foundation walls with 
footings on the clay, as you have been advised. 
However, this assumes that the clay Is entlreJy 
stable. It K s best to find out beforehand by taking 
borings, or samples, to determine the kind of clay 
and the thickness of the layer, or deposit. These 
samples should be taken by your contractor and 
evaluated before deciding whether to pour a slab 
floor or to erect the structure on foundation walls. 
Ordinarily such a procedure is not necessary but 
your letter implies that there has been some ques- 
tion about the stability of the top soil and sub- 
soils at the building site and that is the reason the 
procedure has been recommended. 




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239 





Angular drilling for the 
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(Continued from page 199) 

and extends from frame 4 to frame 6. In 
studying Fig. 39, you will see that it con- 
sists of a framework screwed to the floor 
and wall, after which it is covered with 
%-in. plywood. Lip-front drawers. 20 in, 
deep, are fitted in each bench to ride on 
regular drawer runners, and hinged access 
lids installed in each bench top make full 
use of the storage area under the benches. 
As with the other cushions. Pit-in. mahog- 
any retaining strips keep them in place. 
Only the after bench is fitted with a back 
cushion. The latter, incidentally, rests 
against a plywood bulkhead which is later 
erected and butted against the bench. 

The table part of the unit is detailed in 
Fig. 41. Table fasteners, consisting of 
L- brackets fitted with thumb screws, are 
used to anchor the table and its hinged leg. 
A cleat fastened to the cabin side at the top 
of the coaming member, provides a screw- 
ing sui' face for the fastener hardware for 
the table top, where, as in the case of the 
, leg, they are screwed directly to the raised 
floor between the benches. The leg is 
| hinged to a drawer compartment attached 
to the underside of the table top. Note that 
a heel lock on the underside of the drawer 
keeps the latter from working out. To open 
the drawer, wide notches in the drawer 
sides permit it to be lifted up and over the 
rail. The top surface of the table is covered 
with plastic laminate. 

Fig, 40 shows how the two companion- 
way ladders are made. Special locking 
hardware screwed to the ladder rails and 
to the coaming members, allows the lad- 
ders to be unhooked and removed. This is 
necessary in the case of the forward ladder 
when the berth boa id is used to increase 
sleeping facilities. The ladder treads are 
; fitted with rubber step plates. 

(Continued next month) 




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(answer la quit r page 16) 



1914 Chalmers 



242 



POPULAR MECHANICS 






THESE ARE SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS 
AND SCREWS THAT WERE NOT PUT INTO THE 
BODY AND FRAME OF THE 1960 PLYMOUTH. 



They just can’t loosen and rattle because they’re 
not there. The Solid 1960 Plymouth's new Dura- 
Quiet Unibody is welded around 5400 times. 



Ordinary unit body construction isn't particularly 
new. But this kind is! 




Body and frame are welded as one unit 
with Dura-Quiet Uni body construction. 



Chrysler Corporation pioneered unit building in 1934 
and turned out the first welded-unit American passenger 
cars. Later, the method was adapted by other manufac- 
turers. But there were problems, in the way of noise and 
vibration, and chance of rust and corrosion. 

Chrysler engineers kept the idea under study. To it, 
they applied the biggest digital electronic computer pro- 
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in the building of space missiles. They built an "electronic 
highway” to simulate all kinds of road conditions. 

The outcome is a new kind of car body— quieter, 
tighter, more solid than any you have known. With 
more room inside. Doors and windows that fit tightly. 
And a noticeably steadier ride, combined with easier, 
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FEBRUARY 1960 



243 





PARTS SUPPLIED WITH 
SPEAKER KIT 

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A HOLES i4i TO ACCOMMODATE 
I -3 2 T NUTS FOB PLASTIC 
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CansTruclion detail* for Jensen Galaxy II "satellite" enclosures. All parts other than lumber and grill* 
cloth are supplied with Galaxy II iT*t*Q speaker kit which a ho include! wiring instruction! of f 'cronov«n" 



(Continued from page 1773 

in. dual voice-coil woofer handles the bass 
tones from both stereo channels, up to 1000 
cycles. Frequencies from 350 io about 
14.000 cycles from each stereo-amplifier 
channel are handled separately by the left 
and right satellites. As a result of the over- 
lap in the 350 to 1000-cycle region, the hass 
speaker provides a degree of center-chan- 
nel fill which greatly increases stereo flex- 
ibility. Even with the satellites separated 
by as much as 20 feet, there is little evi- 
dence of “the hole in the middle” or the 
“ping-pong effect” so often associated with 
widely spaced conventional speakers. 

The Galaxy II is not inex pensive. Com- 
mercially assembled and ready to play, it 
costs $170, though you can shave this price 
by about one- third by buying the KTC-2 
speaker kit (price, S92.5Q) and building the 
cabinets yourself. The kit is supplied with 
all speakers, plus the necessary electrical 
parts and hard-to-make items of hardware, 
for duplicating the factory-made unit. The 
only extras you need are the lumber, grille 
cloth, acoustical padding, and the time re- 
quired for building the housings. And. due 
to the small size of even the center cabinet, 
construction as show-n in the diagrams is 
relatively simple. 



The electrical crossover network sup- 
plied with the Jensen kit is essentially pre- 
wired. The only wiring left for the builder 
are four leads from the network to the two 
voice coils of the woofer, and a couple of 
small parts and wires in each of the satel- 
lites. But there is one optional addition 
which may, in some cases, improve the per- 
formance of the system. This addition con- 
sists of a separate level control for each 
of the two satellites. 

Although the speaker complement of the 
Galaxy 11 is W'ell matched, some listeners 
may find the resultant sound a bit too 
“brilliant” for their personal taste — par- 
ticularly in a very “live” listening area. 
Tone controls could be used to compensate 
for this effect, but only at the expense of 
some of the higher frequencies. The addi- 
tion of the level controls would permit 
individual adjustment of the satellite out- 
puts for the most pleasing balance under 
virtually any condition. 

(The wiring diagram supplied with the 
Jensen speaker kit clearly shows all the 
necessary connections, hut does not provide 
for the addition of level controls. Anyone 
building this kit who wishes to make these 
optional additions can obtain a revised dia- 
(Conrinued fo page 246\ 



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Selecting Your Speaker System 

(Continued from pogg 244) 
gram by sending a stamped, self -addressed 
envelope to the Popular 1 Mechanics Radio 
Dept.) 

The woofer of the Galaxy II may be in- 
stalled in a compartment of the equipment 
cabinet described in last month’s article 
without changing the external appearance 
of the cabinet itself. In this application, 
holes for the speaker and vent tube are 
made in the bottom of the cabinet so that 
these units face the floor. The openings 
should be covered with grille cloth for pro- 
tective purposes. 

Rigidity is the keynote for any well-con- 
structed speaker enclosure. If the speaker 
is mounted in the equipment cabinet, the 
original compartment drop-door must be 
permanently fastened to the front of the 
cabinet, backed up by %-in. wood cleats. 
Similar cleats should be glued and screwed 
to all inside corners of the enclosure. 

The original V 4 -in. plywood back no 
longer serves as the back panel of the 
speaker enclosure. For the rear of this 
compartment, a %-in. plywood back should 
be used. The back should be cut to fit snug- 
ly inside the compartment and screwed to 
carefully installed wood cleats in a manner 
similar to that shown for the BASS- 
SUPERFLEX enclosure on page 177. 

To compensate for the difference in vol- 
ume between this compartment and the 
separate enclosure, the vent tube supplied 
with the Galaxy kit must be shortened, 
Jensen engineers have calculated that best 
results will be achieved with a tube length 
of 2 l /z inches. 

Mounting of the speaker in the same 
cabinet with the record player and other 
electronic components is recommended 
only where space problems prevent the use 
of a separate enclosure. Vibrations, even in 
a well-built speaker enclosure, could ad- 
versely affect the performance of other 
components in the same cabinet at very 
high volume levels. Should this occur, some 
extra care in shock-mounting the record 
player and preamplifier will usually correct 
the difficulty. 



Summary 

There’s no such thing as an absolute cri- 
terion for true high fidelity. Loud-speak- 
ers, even the very best of them, can have 
entirely different “voices,” and only a lis- 
tening-comparison test can tell you which 
one is best for you. But price is usually a 
fair indication of speaker quality and, if a 
listening test is impractical, a generous 
portion of your total hi-fi budget should be 
apportioned to the speaker system. 

The enclosure is an integral part of any 



246 



popular mechanics 




speaker system. Unless you have facilities 
for comparing a given speaker in a number 
of different enclosure designs, you’d be 
wise in following the speaker manufactur- 
er’s suggestions in buying or building a 
suitable speaker cabinet. 

Size is no longer a good indication of 
quality, but a small enclosure requires spe- 
cial, high-compliance speakers capable of 
large, linear cone excursions, and the en- 
closure design may be quite critical. Don't 
try to place a conventional speaker in a 
miniature enclosure and expect good bass 
response. 

If your budget is limited, remember that 
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experimental shot like that right beside a 
dock,” Comdr, Wallace recalls. ”A local re- 
porter heard the launching explosion, 
turned and saw the ship listing, and clouds 
of ‘smoke’ pouring from the hole in the 
deck. So he promptly turned in an alarm 
and told the yard we had exploded and 
were sinking. There was great confusion 
around here for a while." 

What would happen if a live missile mal- 
functioned or did accidentally fire in the 
tube? It would probably just launch itself, 
even with the lid dogged down. King points 
out. “The tube hatch covers are of soft iron 
that will blow' out at 25 pounds pressure,” 
he reveals. “So the missile can be ‘dumped’ 
right through them if anything goes 
wrong.” 

Fifty Cameras 

In some ways, the maze of systems for 
testing and evaluating this tricky missile, 
are more complex on the Observation 
Island than they will be on the A-subs. For 
one thing, her decks are studded with gro- 
tesque mounts for more than 50 cameras 
that take still and motion pictures of every 
instant of every launch. One 16 mm. movie 
camera shoots 1600 frames per second to 
pin down the velocity of the slug as it leaves 
the tube! Batteries of TV cameras are re- 
motely controlled from below at the in- 
strumentation operations station, by tech- 
nicians who point them this way or that by 
means of joy-sticks adjacent to monitor 
screens. “Those TV cameras have embar- 
rassed people,” says Wallace, “Several 
times, before a shoot, we’ve caught sailors 
sleeping on the Launching deck. You can 
even read the numbers on their shirts.” 
Down in the spaces below decks, more 
than 70 seven-foot- high racks of electronic 
and electro- mechanical equipment perform 
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and accelerometers, records every move- 
ment of the ship as it slips through the 
water. This information pours into an 
electronic brain, called a navigational data 
computer (NAVDAC), where the assem- 

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bled data hums through batteries of elec- 
tronic tubes. Out comes position refer- 
ences. These are fed continuously to a 
bank of 16 electronic brains known as the 
“Geo-ballistic Computer.” This monster 
digests the position facts. Then data about 
the location, altitude and other specifics of 
certain special targets like a Russian mis- 
sile base, or airfield, is fed into the com- 
puter’s maw. Instantly, the brain makes 
a comparison of the relative positions of 
the FBM submarine and the target— and 
out comes the precise firing information 
which is automatically preset in the mis- 
sile's guidance package. All in a matter of 
seconds! 

As the missile-launcher moves through 
the sea during countdown, constant course 
corrections must be fed to the navigating 
brains. A device called a Joglog, streamed 
aft of the ship, provides reading on ocean 
cross currents. Another log provides the 
speed through the water. 

A launching from the big missile ship 
begins at dockside, where huge traveling 
cranes load the shooting cargo. Dummy 
missiles swing skyward, and are eased into 
the launching tubes. The weighted slugs 
have a domed nosepiece entrapping just 
enough air to keep the great cylinders 
afloat so that skin divers can retrieve them 
after the shoot. By reversing the cap and 
making the nose concave — like the bottom 
of a wine bottle— the slug becomes sink- 
able. 

Missiles Are Packaged 

Live missiles come packaged in massive 
steel cylinders with self-contained cranes. 
Positioned vertically atop the launch tube, 
the towering container lowers the rocket 
down through itself and into the tube by 
means of steel cables and pulleys — like an 
elevator descending through a shaft. 

Below decks, throughout the ship, check- 
outs are in full swing as the ship heads 
seaward. A pair o! huge underwater fins 
hinge outward from recesses in the hull, 
to counteract rolling motion in much the 
same way that ailerons keep an airplane 
on an even keel. 

Trying to aim a 1500- mile missile from 
a moving platform requires tricks, and the 
Observation island has several. “The ship’s 
inclinometer (which measures degree of 
roll) is ‘educated’,” King explains. iS It T s 
tied in with the fire control mechanism and 
won't allow the launching gear to operate 
until the ship has assumed precise filing 
attitude in the water.” 

Missile submarines will use similar 
tricks. But instead of anti-roll fins, which 
only work when a vessel is under way, 
they'll be steadied on the surface by king- 

250 



size Sperry gyroscopes. Deep under the ' 
submarine’s “sail.” the 62-ton devices, with 
massive rotors resembling steel doors for 
bank vaults, will spin the stability of an 
island into the sub whether it is moving or 
sitting dead in the water. Such giant gyros, 
capable of diminshing a 40-degree roll to 
two degrees by means of their muscular 
torque, had a brief heyday on a few lux- 
ury yachts and one big liner right after 
World War I. Their comeback on the 
A-subs will be their first appearance in 
about 30 years. 

As firing time approaches, the missile 
ship hums with activity. In a confusion of 
lights, dials and switches in the Instru- 
mentation Operations Station below decks, 
the instrumentation officer scans a display 
console providing constant read-outs on all 
navigational data for firing. Across the way 
at the launching complex, the launch offi- 
cer watches another bank of dials and 
lights that will give him the word to start 
firing sequence. The telemetry officer read- 
ies his radar and radio equipment for 
tracking the big rocket from the instant 
it moves upward in the tube. Enlisted men 
stand at the joystick controls for the TV 
cameras on deck, panning this way and 
that, while the picture is checked by other 
men at slave screens scattered around the 
room, Other complexes for weapons con- 
trol, missile calibration, missile observa- 
tion, weapons navigation and launching 
operations make last minute circuit checks 
in an aura of tense excitement. Up on the 
bridge, in the pilot house, Captain Slack 
stands at a bridge console containing rows 
of buttons and lights that Will permit him 
to destroy the missile in flight, if necessary, 
or to hold the countdown at any point. 

Launching Spectacular 

Man with the best view of the proceed- 
ings is the ship’s executive officer, Comdr. 
James O. House. With him is a range 
safety man from Canaveral. Standing in 
the Range Safety Observation Station, 
these men look down on the launching 
deck through slotted windows of three- 
inch shockproof glass. Similar ports in the 
roof provide a skyward view. The walls of 
the shack are of three-inch plate steel, and 
a trap door leads down to lower decks in 
case the men have to leave in a hurry. At 
T-minus-zero, the tremendous crack of the 
air valve rings through the ship, Fifty 
cameras automatically begin to record the 
surging missile as it lifts ponderously from 
the tube and hurtles skyward in a billow- 
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u!ar roar, engulfing the launching deck 
and tube in a Niagara of white flame. 
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Exploring the Ocean's 
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[Continued from page 119) 

uve$ the varying speeds of sound through 
the water; depth-sensing devices such as 
the vibrotron with its resonating tungsten 
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ton collector (designed and built by Dr. 
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plants and animals which hover in the 
water like a living cloud. 

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scientist triggers a solenoid which trips 
one of a dozen water-sampling Nansen bot- 
tles. Simultaneously* a thermometer re- 
cords the temperature of the s ea- water 
sample. Overhead, an electronic flash 
winks, tunning a cone-shape area of the 
depths into daylight as a camera records 
the contents of the water. Periodically, 
the velocity meter determines the speed 
of sound through the water — a velocity 
which varies with temperature, density 
and depth. Another button actuates the 
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sea pressure. 

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masses of varying-temperatured water, 
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atop one another. 

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tion of animal life,” says the wiry Dr. 
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“Project Bathyscaph.’' 

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knowledge about these and other features 
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contents has yielded tales that have not 
been refuted for lack of accurate observa- 



tion. For years, animal distribution in the 
deep sea has confused sonar and fooled 
fathometers, registering shallow’ 'false bot- 
toms' in areas where the ocean was known 
to be hundreds (and sometimes thousands) 
of feet deeper." 

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Thaeh, who commands the Navy’s sub- 
hunting Atlantic Task Force ALFA, dis- 
patched a frantic S-O-S to the American 
electronics industry. 

‘The black boxes are not good enough," 
complained Admiral Thach. referring to 
sub-hunting electronic gear. 

Sonar, he said, is often bothered and be- 
wildered by “deep-lying inconsistencies"— 
therm oclines. Sub-searching sound w'aves, 
ricocheting from fa thorns- deep layers of 
varying temperature water, are bent, re- 
flected and distorted. Maverick tempera- 
ture changes can cut sonar’s range from a 
hefty 25 miles to a handful of yards. Safe 
and unsounded are subs that cannily hide 
beneath a protective thermocline. 

Adding to the problem of future detec- 
tion of deep craft are the animals which 
oftentimes form a 200 -foot- thick cloudlike 
scattering layer. The layer’s depth is not 
Axed; it rises like a living elevator from 
its daytime depths of perhaps 1000 to 1500 
feet to just a Few feet below the surface at 
nightfall. Confusing to sonar and its har- 
ried operators are a myriad of deep-sea 
noises , . . the hoots of whales, the snapping 
of shrimp and whistling cries of porpoise. 

But Dr. Reehnitzer, the project’s scien- 
tific chief who's a lieutenant commander in 
the Naval reserve and a marine biologist 
(he earned his doctorate at famed Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography), pigeonholes 
as “beyond the bounds of military secu- 
rity" any speculation on application of the 
Trieste’s findings to use of modern nuclear 
submarines. 

Assembly of Top Scientists 

Lieutenant Don Walsh, the bathyscaph's 
skipper, says, “We've assembled some of 
the w'Orld’s leading oceanographic experts 
, . . including Auguste Piccard and his son, 
Jacques." 

The deep-diving assignment of the bathy- 
scaph is closely watched by oceanograph- 
ers, for not until the bathyscaph, which 
physically drops researchers to the depths, 
was a really detailed study of midwater 
and ocean floor research possible. 

“Certainly,” agrees Dr. Reehnitzer, “you 
can drop plankton nets from the surface — 
and dredge up a fair sample of the scatter- 
ing layer’s minute sea life. You can track 
the deep scattering layer with echo sound- 

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times takes digging in back rooms to 
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Rowland Emett is as famed today for the 
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road enthusiast to enjoy Emett’s trains, 
although to share some of his affection for 
the Edwardian and Victorian ages and the 
myriad small branch railway lines in the 
backwaters of Britain helps more than 
somewhat. 

Settled at the drawing board in an arm- 
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The Killer— Carbon Monoxide 



Any grammar school kid with an IQ of 2 knows 
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to kill the entire population of Rhode Island on a 
tankful of fuel— if conditions are just right. 

Yet few people worry about carbon monoxide 
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Even an audibly leaky muffler doesn’t excite the 
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Carbon monoxide can make you kill yourself by 
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the Festival of Britain, the interest was 
greater than ever. 

“When I went to America for six months 
I realized there were wide possibilities. 
After leaving Punch I designed a crazy 
aeroplane for an oil company and followed 
it with an agricultural machine which was 
a skit on all agricultural machines, which 
went down surprisingly well with the 
farmers.” 

After all these came the Hush-A-Bye 
Bed, the Ideal Home, and finally Emett- 
land, his latest and most ambitious creation. 

The Hush-A-Bye Bed quite reasonably 
floats delicately among the topmost branch- 
es of a small synthetic tree. It has pro- 
vision for early morning tea at all times 
of the day and built-in dawn chorus of 
war biers in lieu of an alarm clock. If you 
can accept all this, then you’ll understand 
the logic of the bed’s having a pair of dog- 
powered, ostrich-feathered lateral oars. 

The Ideal Home — Emett calls it a boon 
for the “bone idle" — was the first machine 
to be built in Emett’s own home. He agreed 
to try to make it himself because of the pro- 
hibitive manufacturing costs. It took shape 
in his drawing room in seven months, and 
because it was 23 feet long, nine feet high 
and eight feet broad, the fact that it did 
only minor damage to the room when taken 
out was considered remarkable “as well 
as being a lucky omen. 

The machine was intended only for three 
exhibitions, but when it had served its pur- 
pose Emett had the idea of offering it for 
display in large stores. Today, like the 
other machines, it is traveling Britain, and 
— again like the others— it never fails to 
be in perfect working order. 

Emett-land, by far the largest of his crea- 
tions, defies description. There are over 50 
characters, ranging from the usual bewil- 
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tastic station for the usual fantastic train 
(which fails to stop there), to the gentle- 
man in bathing trunks who dives into a 
small pool every few seconds and the per- 
sonage hanging for dear life on a rope 
dangling from an airplane which constantly 
circles the moth sanctuary at the summit 
of the landscape. This machine, too, was 
built in Emett’s home and is the result of 
over six months' work in which Emett’s 
right-hand man Arthur Depree kept ac- 
tivity at fever pitch, sometimes u*orking 
around the clock to get the machine com- 
pleted on time. 

Emett hopes that soon he’ll be off to 
Australia with his machines, “But I’m not 
going to chum things out one after the 
other," he said. “I’m afraid the public will 

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get tired of me if I overdo things. And I 
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start another machine, although I have 
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pany. Fluffy Mechanisms Ltd., to exploit 
the models. 

“Anyway, making a machine is a major 
operation. The difficulties of finding things 
like hipbaths and gramophone horns these 
days you just can’t imagine.” 

British royalty are great Emett fans. 
Prince Philip recently bought the original 
of a drawing which showed a balloon with 
a basket crammed in a narrow liftshaft of 
a Victorian mansion. The hostess is saying 
to a caller. “We hesitated a long time be- 
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Palmetto Polo 

(Continued from page 108! 

present size, which allows maximum speed 
and action. 

The original ball was small — six inches 
in diameter — but the inventive players 
soon found it had the annoying habit of 
sticking in the turf holes made by their 
pivoting mounts. The present 12-inch ball 
overcomes this difficulty, and at the same 
time makes the shots trickier because it 
twists erratically when hit off center. 

Points are scored by driving the ball 
through 20-foot -wide goals at each end of 
the field. A goal made from the goal zone 
counts one point. Goals made from the 
second zone, if unaided by a player in the 
goal zone, count two points, and a success- 
: ful, unaided, hefty belt from the middle 
zone counts three. Penalty shots count one 
point. 

When the game was invented, neutral 
’ zones flanked the playing field but the 
players soon discovered time was wasted 
returning the ball from out-of-bounds. Now 
the standard field hag wood or wire fence 
boundaries on the long sides, and the ex- 
perts bank the ball off the boundary walls 
in a variety of trick shots. There’s a short 
out-of-bounds zone behind the goals. 

Referees Now Mounted 

The game has two mounted referees to 
keep it moving. The first contests were 
supervised by referees on foot, but this re- 
quired officials with unlimited stamina and 
sprinting ability, and with a marked short- 
age of officials who could outrun quarter 
horses, the result was that the referees 
were mounted. 

But while this saved the officials it cre- 
ated a new problem — retrieving the ball in 
the event of a foul or a shot out of bounds. 
Dismounting to pick up the ball wasted 
time, so the inventors devised the long- 
handled pickup “net” which is now stand- 
ard equipment. 

The original palmetto- frond sticks were 
found to be useless after drying and losing 
weight, so the modem manufactured, rub- 
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is four inches long, three inches wide and 
two inches thick, mounted on a cane or 
rattan handle 48 to 54 inches long. 

It’s a hell-for-leather game from the mo- 
ment of the center charge. The referee 
places the ball in the middle of the center 
zone on a white stripe, and the two centers 
send their horses charging at the ball from 
boxes ten yards away, sticks swinging. The 
quickest starter gets in the first lick, driv- 

(Continued to pnge J64j 



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Ing the bah towards his scoring goal. Some- 
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into the center zone for more scrambling 
and hitting. 

From then on the ball shuttles back and 
forth, in and out of zones, with riders tear- 
ing after it full tilt, swinging mightily and 
pulling their mounts into tight turns to 
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[Contiiiu^d from page 125] 

and I talked with the Alcoa people in 
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Alcoa. 

Once under way, the job went fast. We 
knew that the boat would have to be 
metal— no wood or wood fastening could 
stand the strains of traveling 300 miles an 
hour over water — and we knew that it 
would take 300- plus to beat Campbell. Al- 
coa provided the materials to my specifi- 
cations; Vht-inch sheet aluminum for the 
skin; aluminum channels for the frame- 
work; tapered sheet ( % o to inch) for 
the span so ns, to give maximum strength at 
the rear but minimum weight at the front. 

We named the boat Tempo (for Guy’s 
boats) and Alcoa (for that company). Her 
racing number is J-13; J for jet hydro- 
plane, 13 for Guy’s lucky boat number. 
She took 2% months to build in my shop 
in Kawkawlin, and we launched her into 
Saginaw Bay on Lake Erie on August 27, 
1959. 

Tempo Alcoa is 31% feet long and 11% 
feet across the beam, and weighs 5800 
pounds dry. The power plant is a surplus 
Allison J-35 turbojet engine, the same as 
that in the Ah' Force F-84 jet, which de- 
velops 5600 pounds of thrust at 8000 rev- 
olutions per minute. The tanks hold 165 
gallons of kerosene jet fuel, enough for 
about 20 minutes of high speed operation. 

During construction, Guy met the Air 
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feSrrTand told them about the boat. They 
urged him to build in an aircraft ejection 
seat, and recommended that we confer 
with the engineering department of North 
American Aviation in Columbus, Ohio. 

After some discussion, we decided not 
to use the ejection seat — if something goes 
wrong in a boat at over 200 miles an hour, 
there’s no time or opportunity to hit a 
panic button anyway. But while we were 
working with North American, we met 
Dr. Robert Laidlaw, chief of dynamics, 
who suggested that we let him wind-tun- 
nel a model of the boat. We built a model, 
which he tested at airspeeds up to 320. He 
made us all very happy when he reported 
that he could suggest no design improve- 
ments, and that Tempo Alcoa should be 
stable at least up to 320. We believe that 
this design and power combination could 
go as fast as 400 or 500 miles an hour, but 
almost nothing is known about boat per- 
formance above 200, and stability over 
that speed is a tremendous problem. {At 
300 miles an hour, water is as hard as a 
plank, and at that speed you need 3000 



pounds of thrust per square inch of hull 
going through the water. That's 1% tons 
of thrust to shove a quarter along,) 

Greatly encouraged by the wind-tunnel 
tests, we launched the boat and started 
power tests on Saginaw Bay, learning as 
we went along. 

We use a heavy starting battery to 
crank up the big jet engine, setting the 
throttle at about 20 percent until she 
“lights up.” At 1000 revolutions per 
minute the engine is on its own and we 
unplug the batteries and run on the 24- 
volt battery aboard. Idling, she eases out 
onto the test course at 10 to 15 miles per 
hour with more than half the hull in the 
water. In position on the end of the course, 
I run the engine up to 3000 revolutions per 
minute, then throw the high speed switch 
that feeds the engine its full quota of fuel. 

She accelerates to about 90 with the 
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about 90, with two-thirds throttle, she 
comes up out of the water very fast, and 
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on three points and accelerating fast. 
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over 100 miles an hour. To move the rud- 
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the water and start all over again. 

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gine has enough thrust to shove the boat 
at 500 miles an hour, but must be pushed 
to full power at 90 to get her out of the 
water. The boat and its resistance are 
balanced on that tremendous thrust until 
she breaks loose and comes up; on one run 
it took a two-mile, full-power run to do 
it. If anything should happen to throw the 
boat off balance during that time, she 
would spin like a Fourth of July pinwheel. 
The spin would break the resisting suc- 
tion, so she'd whip faster and faster, like 
a missile out of control. I don’t want to 
to try that ride. Strangely, on rough wa- 
ter like Saginaw Bay, she bounces up 
nicely, but on smooth water the suction 
gives me a lot of trouble. 

Once she’s on her feet and aimed 
straight I can let her run; acceleration 
from 100 to 200 only takes six or seven 
seconds. At 100. the sound of the jet en- 
gine begins to drop away, and at 150 there 
is no engine noise at all — just the whistle 
of the wind over the cockpit and the 
banging of the water on the sponsons. She 
ran smooth and steady as a l ock on the 
test runs, and I took her up to about 225, 
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winning the big battle by simply traveling 
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It was a combination of those three char- 
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celeration, inability to steer at speed, and 
the "fast” water effect — that caused the 
accident at Pyramid Lake and kept us 
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from setting a new world speed record. 

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if there’s room for a straight run of about 
eight miles, but the surface and wind con- 
ditions must be just right — not too much 
wind, not too smooth, and not too rough. 
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are much better than others — favorites are 
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Lake Ullswater in England, Lake Mead 
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coming out the tailpipe like popcorn. That 
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the 22nd. 

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23rd we started trials again. That after- 
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slowly out onto the lake, accelerating 
slowly and making a long run toward the 
South end of our course, I slowed, turned, 
and made a high-speed pass, then turned 
around and ran to the south end. The 
water speed indicator went up over 260 
and everything worked beautifully. As I 
turned in toward the pits, satisfied that we 
were ready to try an official run, I spotted 
a photographer on the shore and remem- 
bered that I’d promised one close run for 
pictures. I opened her up and passed the 
pits about 200 yards offshore. The water 
was smooth but we ran easily up over 180 
before I cut the throttle. We were headed 
toward a low, Tocky promontory called 
Pelican Point. On earlier runs, all over 
200 miles an hour, the jet had stopped in 
less than a mile on the smooth water, but 
a sudden breeze kicked the surface in 
front of me into "fast” water. Even with 
the power off, the boat took off so fast that 
the rudder was useless-— it was like skid- 
ding on glare ice. I tried to make a shallow 
turn, but it was soon obvious that we were 
going to hit the point, and turning the boat 
wouldn't stop its forward motion. If we hit 
sideways we’d really break up, so I 
straightened her out and hit the beach 
headon at about 150 miles an hour. 

I expected a sudden stop — but the next 
thing I knew the boat was airborne and I 
was feeling mighty relieved. They tell me 
I missed a rock outcrop by 18 inches, shot 
up over a 12-foot bank, then flew 100 feet 
at an altitude of about 20 feet. We landed 
on sand, slid another 60 feet, and stopped 
on the other side of the point with the star- 
board sponson hanging over the water. 
Another 30 feet and we’d have made it 
back into the lake. 

As soon as I’d convinced myself that I’d 
survived the flight I climbed out and 
walked back to the high point to wave to 
the crew that I was all right. They were 
pouring toward the point in csts, boats, 
and on foot, expecting to see a crumpled 
boat and a driver to match. As it was, the 
only injury sustained was when Guy fell 
among the rocks and cut his leg as he 
rushed to the scene. 

Tempo Alcoa lived through the flight 
pretty well, too. The major damage was 
to the starboard sponson and around the 
jet tailpipe, which was beyond repair. The 
rest of the boat surpassed our expectations 
and came through with fairly minor dam- 
age. The aluminum was tougher than even 
toe thought. Bepair on the spot was out of 
the question, though, so we loaded up and 
drove back to Michigan. When we’ve fin- 
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las and Oakland — and then we’ll go back 
and try again. We'll break the record if I 
can keep her on the water. 

A lot of great guys helped out on the 
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at North American Aviation’s Columbus 
Division; Jay Sharp of Alcoa; George 
Maxwell of the Mobil Oil Company; Bill 
Stead and Bill Harrah and bis staff in 
Reno. And my own crew of boat builders 
in Kawkawlin— Don Morin, Jack Chosay, 
and Lawrence Fouchea — took my life in 
their hands and built the boat. I was never 
in any danger; they’re the finest group of 
speedboat craftsmen in the business. When 
we set a new record, a lot of the credit will 
have to go to them. 

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speedboat racing, even on the closed- 
course races like the Gold Cup. In the first 
place, the stocks of big Rolls-Royce and 
Allison piston engines are being used up 
fast and they’ve been out of production 
since aircraft went to jets. (I have three 
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gine speed, and to find a way to steer by 
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be a problem to other boats, but the jet 
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feet t rehind the boat, which is even tougher 
on the other drivers than the "rooster 
tails” they’re throwing now. But I think 
we’ll all he using them before too long. 

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record is a big thing with England, a na- 
tional endeavor involving support running 
into hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
(Guy and I plan to keep Tempo Alcoa a 
private thing between us and Alcoa.) If 
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to get it back, and he could do it, though 
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• fivm 2331. rii A-i 1 1 -JllI fully J 

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u in- li . i J1>U- _ SM ii t 

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buili. OavL cue! (if NE 

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BATTERY HYDRAULIC PUMP 

* l»m :9S(. VfU il«-lri( 
hydiauJic [rLLmjj. l.‘*t t>n llfl 

tiwfcs. reader*, etc. 

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mrP^i-t, Use Fe-ir plow IIHh., wjpifl till*, elr. 

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XAliL *Ith^V F( > S 


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*r^c,< a mm tfS^eO. P.hWffrfuJ 

1 JM* luff ViliraiiEk” Lv|A' sfiirk 

WJT nUl. lU.tHM} mil ftjart lr,FEn |2- 

VI rtls AC ur DC. Jumps PPP. 

ol [&M-- a Ukc for iKiiiliuli 1* - ^lif. bUrvlAr 
hPTVtWdin-n, [prarlJraE Jrnbe -w|r^<| 
donr bnolwh «u. ea n 

GdYi. «Mt i ia. 50 . Sai f 


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AIR TANK ^S55ft\0 

m *t*m -47i. >,£■*( IU1EL- *L. I - : ; T 1 
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tlkuih, L-au^JL-, ifun. 

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wi. T 13 ]hK. ™<5I elj DC 

a-'i^.run, riAn E 


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^5 • lt»«u -3371. W^jEMSr-rful 

IfnMRnlwl powftrui iif~v &u-? 

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- t 1*^1 km. L'ki'Ui i , bpny. esc. 

aUA liulld jruur lywxi Ifcitr nuifit. 

j HiVf 8U . J.f«Gi nt mnbe units. 

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if -iw 12x10*3:2 In. wt, ter 

Sif^.SO^KAl.K, ®54-^fod 

\HDKi. ■ Ittm 2 450- DvlUtt# kls. 

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prmt pi in, td - ! Q1 

etc. SPECIAL ... ....... . i pob 

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* II. m l ilt*. 

,ExtM, L imii Lv* flnrs-i 
i \L>ttinchnuH w*- 

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•* It. vlf. Mfiheb id-e>] stuck link healer.. TdIi!< 
ty rnrlimJ. 1 plpa tDrvidfl, 3 ftfilB- 

™. 400, 3W will*, V«nr surged. RcBl 

5(Ti : Govl . tMl .* ,T :«- $3 95 p« 


STANDARD DIAL PHONE 

• Item 2 715. Modern hl- 

pfflctrnrY iLIncilYP d|it 

Plume. F?r eittenslfln 

AnvKnv h- mein line- on tfit-pw 
AmWr ^v^ttra. L’s-r MVfdl fur 
/ VT^3fc ACvoiwy roEnplrle prlvalr * 3 _ ^!r-m. 

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M- GOLF CAR MOTOR 

• 1 t*m r579- Hun* *«n 1 7-v 

Ifklj AMk ImEL. Ifu ild K»lf ur cAr mulur. 

e3«-trjc auLt*. FdmTrful prar rt 1 -, 
wRR dLHCtl^n r-EWd 25-SO rpm. £4iilr 
rtmiihlD* IOOk nppJirtliuiip-. Wl. 15 lhn. 
Go^l. «'fit ever 42:iQ. tlfl QE 

SALE. ....... . iltMiFOD 

(2 Inr 934.91 FOB. 



SPECIAL OF THE MONTH! 



SELF PRIMING PUMP 

■ I tfiii j- a bo. n ■ vl 

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^ fJ C ijriJiiLiiK. lll^H H' 
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|><J[ pump. fu-L-l LfHEL^-isC r, 
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Lnr ^1II«A. 3 a 4"' ta-dU* Inlft aptf 

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dw nmpu- f»ndi 
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^ PtrAlvf rsiwfrfiJl 

nr fleSd III VTijUnJ or 
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spvjwn to WKV- Hu km iq+dert. dlnw. 
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# Kj-fl, PiCkt-CIatiK ' 1 500 Ib.K . 349 Fpil- 

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ll.VSmft Cyi fl" Stroke . . . „ 5.7S P*d. 

* 12 HFM Pump 1400 PPM . « 50 Pf*S- 

S*vn JlCK r cm rinMt w inchf*. etc, Fur 

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I l>-AI. mmtj- hai¥f Flnm, 

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l Air Ctnipwuff and th«U«ind« 




FOR THE BEST 
SWING . . . RACING . . . CRUISING . . . TROLLING 
"MULTI- PITCH" Variable Pitch OUTBOARD PROPS 

OYER 10,000 IN USE • Simple. RueieO. Guiftntttd 
Fa « most 25-45 hp maters • Aik yc ur dealer, ar write 

LESNQR WAEHR MARINE CO., INC. • Fieri I Perk. LI.. N,Y. 




Take Correspondence Courses 
For a Better Education 

AConomize on Gasoline 

Get Nigre milts per doHgr— irutull on AC 
Atofi-C}- Miter befwecri your fuel pump end 
corburtoof. Seduret Rooming end i Palling 
. . . tailors fuel preisu^ne — precisely and 

injI-QiFitly— to tvery driving CfrndHkhni frOm 

idl« fo full PhrorrJe, The hesi o hwtf y*t 
la reel gasoline economy! 



suggested rtloil price 



Ai Yoyt Nearby 

Service Station, garage 
or General Matori 
Dealer 




tj 95 

ACon-O-Mizer 



AC SFAttft PLU-G 






THt E.LI.C TRONIC 5 DIVISION OF GENEML MOTORS 



ever 
work 
with 
hard woods? 



51/RFORM tools 
work 'em easier 

Working hard woods — 
getting the exact contour, 
the smooth shape, or the 
delicate curve — is a lot 
easier with surform 
tools. Pocket took new 
drum tool, all surform 
tools — work quickly and 
easily on all kinds of 
wood, asphalt tile* com- 
post! ion boards, sheet 
rock, aluminum and 
other non-ferrous metals. 





Making rabbet cut 
with SURFORM Drum 



Far fn« folder on mi r a tie tp&ed SURFORM® topfi* 
write Stanley Tool*, Dep't. 6202. New Britain, Conn. 



STANLEY 



FEBRUARY I960 



279 






domestic fires are as awe inspiring as this. 

One valid exception to this rule of thumb 
is an automatic sprinkler type extinguisher 
which has a definite place in any home us- 
ing an oil-burning furnace or a pump 
motor which runs frequently. This device, 
which carries UL approval, is a metal con- 
tainer suspended on a hook from the ceil- 
ing and containing carbon tetrachloride 
and ammonium hydroxide. The latter not 
only renders the former nontoxic, but it 
also generates the discharge pressure when 
the release of a fusible link allows the two 
to mix. A typical sprinkler distributor 
spreads the discharge in an umbrella- 
shaped spray over considerable floor area. 

This is hardly fire fighting, but it is com- 
pelling the fire to commit suicide by hav- 
ing its own heat turn on the extinguisher! 
This device, listing at around $29.50, must 
not be confused with the cheap glass balls 
or bombs employing straight carbon tet, 
which are not approved by any recognized 
inspection agency. 

In any “do-it-yourself’ project, how you 
use your tools is as important as what tools 
you use. Home fire fighting is no excep- 
tion. Whether you have a hose line or a 
chemical extinguisher, the cardinal prin- 
ciples are: 

1. Always aim the stream at the base of 
the flames. 



2, Keep the stream moving from side to 
side across the fire. 

3. Don’t throw the stream at the smoke, 
but at the burning fuel which is causing 
the smoke. 

Water absorbs the maximum heat at the 
instant it is converted into steam — which 
is the way it cools a fire — and the best 
place for this conversion is at the seat of 
the fire. Carried upward by convection, 
the steam also exerts a certain smothering 
effect. Similarly, a chemical agent releases 
an inert gas which smothers the flame by 
excluding oxygen, and you want this gas 
to be carried upward in the rising column 
of heat. So always aim at the base of the 
flames. 

The volume of this gas, incidentally, is 
many, many times greater than the volume 
of chemical from which it came. Conse- 
quently, the approved hand extinguisher, 
correctly used, will kill far more fire than 
the uninitiated layman would believe pos- 
sible. 

In a combat with fire, flame is the least 
of your worries. Being an amateur, you’re 
going to get out if the blaze gets painfully 
hot — as you should. But if it isn’t punish- 
ing, you’re going to face a far more stealthy 
adversary: smoke. Smoke contains toxic 

(Continued to ppg? 281 ) 




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MITER BOX & CORNER CLOMP 




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No. 44-COMBINATION MITER 
BOX AND CORNER CLAMP 

Holds 'he wruid jflrt hpld? your an*. 

Vw* anj hanrinaw Icvt accural* ns's 
fpmu 0 to IK ft . Full fl JF rapacity 
Silted t'i Join* a nposHl S^<75 

fnr Hillint, filling. *pT»n. 

Nfl. 33 Works the same as No. 44, 
hut h j 1 1 ii iiee sum giaiLlt ■tiethraent „ 

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SAW SHARPENING IS EASY 

Super Filet No. 11 Joint* and sh^rpEns 
hanJ and circular saw* a' to \&* with 
ill teeth correct Ln he J gh t . .dept h . pttch . 
bevel When file hi:* steel roller 
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runs true with ne side null. 

Include file, rwv 



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more. 

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in one operation. All-purpose 
tiller- tractor tills to 12" deep 
“12" to 40" wide 3 models; 7 ro- 
tor styles including mulch ers, 40 
attachments include all tractor 
loots, mowers, snow plo w.T ough 
chain -gear drive. Send for details. 



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am! cOrrC^iun 

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thousands of 

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NEW GORMAN-RUPP 

All-Purpose Portable 

HANDY PUMP 









fripdbr Hie 




Around ibt r*rm 




0-ilgr Pi/mping 



Silf- priming centrifugal wilh rnotor. Weighs only 13 
tbs- Pumps up to 950 GPlf. Uses garden hose. Stuidy 
aluminum body, Series moipf K 7gQ0 RPM, IIS vails, 

High-glu$s metallic finish. Supplied with hose Adapt'* 
er, suction strainer, motor protector, 3-wire connector, 
ground adapter. A portable pump with 1000 uses, 
now cal* , , . %JA 

■ ^ Sen^ »r ffjtr 

THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY, MANSFIELD, OHIO 




j Send Fits Handy Pump FoliJei and name of nearest dealer 

1 NAME 

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□ Business 



IBERGLASS 



50 Models 
8 — 18 Ft, 





or 

FACTORY-DIRECT 
PRICES 
FREIGHT 
Paid to You 

IS FT, CRUISERS, 8 Models: from $379 

1?, U, 16, 16 fi. runabouts, ski. 
models, convertible^ tfilitifrii 
|II 4 up. B r IQ r 13 , 14 , 16 . 
] @ fi. racing, flihing, vNlitiei: 
54 1 95 up. 

FIBERGLASS 14 & 16 ft* 

From %299 (ot right) 

inter locking vrtil$ [lower right 
pholof tnop lOgrfher, bond into, 

I -pi*CS UfiSdt e-Ciily oiit-mbLe-d 
mi one evtnirig. 



FIBER nASS I user'll pretdffnvd 

14 ft, ! i^|aal prcoiicmbtad vniH 

or« eoiJIy by anyone. Equal 

foclory built y*t EQV* ‘A to FtEE 
catalog ho$ oil dvloils. troilsn, ot- 
ceisoriei, poinl, F iborgloti tuppliei. 

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EASY TERMS Va DOWN 

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Dept, 6-t, MflQ A((llt Rd., MinneapoUi tl, Minn, 





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combustion gases, some of which are more 
lethal than carbon monoxide, which is al- 
ways present. And smoke has killed many 
more victims than live flame. 

Unfortunately, the color or shade of the 
smoke is not a reliable clue to its toxicity, 
but there is one cue you’d better follow. 
If the smoke is thick, dark and '‘lazy” 
(slow moving), you’d better get out with- 
out delay. Not only is it loaded with lethal 
gases, but its sluggishness implies a dan- 
gerous depletion of oxygen. Never forget 
3rat a going fire can survive in an oxygen 
concentration which won’t support life, 
and this is a condition common to the pent- 
up cellar or attic outbreaks which are best 
left for trained men to handle. 

About three-quarters of all dwelling fire 
victims die -upstairs from doton stairs fires. 
This is because heat rises. In the home it 
floods up the open stairwell to the topmost 
hall — where the bedrooms usually are — 
then mushrooms under increasing pres- 
sure as more superheated air (at 1600 to 
1800 degrees Fahrenheit) pours up from 
the blaze below. One gulp of this wither- 
ing air is as lethal as a rifle bullet, and 
escape through it via a main stairway is 
almost always impossible. 

One Brooklynite, aroused at 3 a.m. by 
the strong odor of smoke, jumoed out of 
bed, grabbed the hall door knob, then 
dropped it because it was too hot to hold. 
Undaunted, he wrapped a towel around his 
hand, opened the door and was felled in 
his tracks. Firemen found him sprawled 
dead across the sill without a bum on him. 

What got him? Superheated air and 
combustion gases flooding up the stairwell. 
The hot doorknob was a sure danger signal 
that the hallway was deadly — if only he’d 
known it. 

The basic rule is NEVER OPEN A HOT 
DOOR. First, put your hand on the panel 
above your head. If the wood is hot, don’t 
open the door; it’s too late. Instead, go to a 
window and holler for help. Or get out by 
some secondary exit, such as a porch roof, 
a back stairway or any other course which 
does not bring you into the main hall. 

If the door is not hot when you feel it. 
open it carefully. Brace your hip against 
it; put one hand over the crack between 
the door and jamb higher than your head; 
open the door an inch, If there’s any pres- 
sure against it, slam it shut. If the incom- 
ing air on your hand is hot, slam the door 
shut, for you’ll never make the stairway. 

Drill every family member in this pro- 
cedure. Figure out a secondary means of 
egress for each individual which avoids the 
upper hall and the main stairway — or any 

(Continued to page 284) 



282 



POPULAR MECHANICS 




fltnn* 

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700 Walt Light Plant 1 "“MS 



115 v, bo cyr. AC by ■ rusi^ 

HP, CS*? StanSnK Brl^a ^npin«, K" 
wStStie ncccsniry : IUhE p]Li!T in and 
Ptfciaiy of pyrrenl far *n* i>E1 banWTi freez- 
er, br^sdfir. *m£rEtni:y U;?hS.A. *IC, «Uleh 
niMUn Un Eo TOO w# E [a , Irts-aL fur teltvL- 
vli>n anti r*dl». Complltl" with voLlmcl^if 
and built-in wkndiitff US tfi*rw* « V. auLu 

r# tew Lei. Hwm J JA Wt. 75 lb*. Easily tm 
in , ar trunk Bv IT ‘itnnxL (H'l tA 

h . ■ L* 4UL |n>*ir line*. Il*ff. 3 2 75. . ilTO.JU 
I 2EM3 Watt PJwvt iEi'tn 1 5 ■ ksuip a*. ] ii-m 2-E but tanker T Q Q Efl 

KflltmlCHF ami rnjflin 1 w(Ut sSfl e ^ *Tf#kr output- 4133-dll 

ILICTtOKIC QRAIN haw Available On “ " 




Allow* plant to u 

fur. Th*ti JlUIAnUy 
wLLh a jtpj-tJy 115 vi)ltt of p-twer. 
return* plaint bark to that san-LE* thru 1 



. All Ol^ Pld-Hl 

up Ta iog,gw wittMi 

along at a thrifty Ml# till ^lectrlcUT Ii called 

auL&maLicaJly, pEatu nn»i up u> full jpteiC 
. Whvn duina-id ilOpa, the DRAIN 



„ J _ jhrlfn- irtio. .Satcs jja*. double* rn^lne 

life! If BRAIN desired. jpwily A add 3 lb. and 3.15 to plant prLre. 




HEAVY DUTY D-C ARC WELDER 



■1* portable nr s|inp wflrifr. Up to 300 Bmpt. 
fwl r modtl. Sladt for yeflrs of imTiip.frfr, 

ELnur-u* jimkV- WHl hincllc Llcht or heivr 
n }4tH. Easily WOldl up t» W F plRTO ^hl)R 1 / 4 " 

rods. RlcI it* Lit dir oral ins ityaECni. ArO in 
In JjtrilP* Hftal hnTdr twraui!f» r>f specfcaMi dt- 
- K £r'ct e-rJ a in.- stabilizer. Tlii-Io- switch *mS *11*1 
«>nErni kIthf* wtde range nf LrtC honte. 

itim TArMdrr at 35*>0 rpm. with Irirtpr, Jttfp 
ur 15 hp, engine, or 7 hp «lec, mnlor 

|p p — «■ - - • 

more. 

*r. w X QV|IPMHRHPI m - 

WEi-DING KIT. Two tO ft- 1^». w^(rt|pg Hp1pn»E, olocEn>de t ( ft tfl 
hairier. Btvuiid tlamp. Sold uiily with wilder «t ....,.-. , 41U‘JU 
Send ifle tor iOOpaiflCatilog'FffEE^ilPi wdtf. Prfe?«iF.o.b. facliNV— 5*nd check of M. 0 



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5 '■ i >1 lilfi t-P-H- CIj” llJCp «JL ■ HE | r 1 1 1 IT-I. P 1 1 itl-j.-i 

and: triple V hc-lt or frat pulley. YiiU r'fl n pur 
wr. but ynu can't buy a better welrf- Clin Cfl 
we. ttb ihs. a loo.oo. >*iue 4113-33 



MASTER MECHANIC MF6. CO.. Dept, 



A-26 



Soulhtm (uifomcri Ortbr from D*pt. A-J4„ lex tS, Sorfliftlo. Fkridtt 






use the solder 
that most 
home owners 
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and is always available for emergencies. 

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fire spreads through hollow spaces — and 
how to guard against it.) 

If you succeed in dousing the fire this 
way, then the aforementioned task of over- 
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heat has passed that point. 

The same procedure should be followed 
when any substantial volume of fire has 
burned inside a room close to the hollow 
wall. Heat can go through a crack which 
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vertical spread through concealed voids is 

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the bane of the fireman’s existence. You’ve 
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